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darkness; the dark

3

to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)

4

if is not; if are not

1

to cry and shout; to scream

1

oozing; damp; sodden

1

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs

1

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

2

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

2

pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

1

to lose one's footing; to slip

1

ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

1

to the end

1

to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to

1

dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point

1

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

1

bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching

1

to be the case that

3

fumbling; groping

1

to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach

1

to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

2

to have one's breath taken away; to gasp (in surprise, wonder, etc.); to have one's breath catch in one's throat; to gulp

3

to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet

1

low tide; low water; ebb

1

unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

3

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

2

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

2

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind

1

to throw oneself (into an activity)

1

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

1

to be helpful; to be useful

1

to breathe

1

salty (taste); briny

1

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

1

all over the body; from head to foot; all over

1

scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion

1

to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)

1

to shed tears; to (begin to) cry

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

1

to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify

1

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

1

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

1

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

1

both arms

2