solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to strangle; to constrict
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
when it becomes; when it comes to
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
handmade; handcrafted; homemade; homegrown
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
hidden treasure; treasured article
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
storehouse; warehouse; godown
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
job title; name of one's position
individual; one by one; separate; each
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint