heart; guts; nerve; central part
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
succession; continuation; series; sequence
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
decision; determination; resolution
late at night; small hours of the morning
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
in comparison to; rather than
to be surprised; to be astonished
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to be infected; to be contagious
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
by means of; due to; because of; according to
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
in the same way as; just like
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
as before; as ever; as it was originally