distortion (often used for caricature in manga, etc.); deformation
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
low (level, value, price, etc.)
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
to become frayed; to become loose
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
indicate reason; infers some protest
materials; data; document
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
mountain stream; mountain torrent
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
suspension bridge; rope bridge
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
waterfall; cataract; cascade
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
to roof (a house with some material); to thatch; to shingle; to tile