side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
running away; escaping on foot
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
skill; dexterity; master hand
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
nothing but; none other than
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
(it) goes without saying; needn't be said; that should rather be left unsaid
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
briskly with small steps; trotting
because of; owing to; due to
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
sneak thief; petty thief; cat burglar
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
keepsake; memorabilia; memento
half-sitting posture; half-standing posture; half-rising posture; stooping position
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
to be opposite; to face each other
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
minute adjustment; fine tuning