pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
forcibly; against one's will
meanwhile; in the meantime
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
banquet or reception hall
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
high heels; high-heeled shoes
the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to
starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
trivial; not amounting to much
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
grandfather; male senior-citizen
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
listening device; bug; wiretap
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)