sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
reproachful; hateful; bitter
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
way one walks; one's walk
attractiveness; charm; amiability
to walk away; to walk off
to place one's arm around each other's shoulders; to join shoulders
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
sympathy; compassion; pity
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to do for (the sake of someone else)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
reasoning; logic; persuasion
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes