change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
here and there; everywhere
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
true character; true heart; true spirit
precarious situation; precarious state
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound