point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
being startled; getting a shock
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
with a start; with a jump
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
indeed; really; truly; very much
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to stare back at; to look back at
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
thought; consideration; thinking
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to squeeze out; to wring out
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
arm; skill; efforts; ability
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed