ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to become excited; to grow lively
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
boasting; bragging; big talk; conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
covered in blood; bloodstained; bloody; gory
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
private person; individual
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
cannot be helped; unavoidable
conduct; behavior; behaviour
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
behavior; behaviour; manner
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook