to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
the scruff or nape of the neck
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; fervently; intently
discovery; detection; finding
unprecedented; never seen before
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
safety; welfare; well-being
a short while ago; already
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
victim; injured party; sufferer
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
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 twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
coherence; order; focus; point
unqualified; without qualifications
how long; how far; how much
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to