cross-examination; retort; asking in return
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
history; pedigree; lineage
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
sea urchin; seasoned sea urchin eggs
swarm; throng; flock together
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
innumerable changes; infinite variety
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
to slide into; to slip into
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
putting into operation; invocation
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
out of sight; in the background; unnoticed; (lit.) under the veranda
moving about; stirring about
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...