serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
bow (of boat); prow; stem
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
skin; outer skin; integument; husk; hull; shell
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
power; might; authority; influence
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
just above; right overhead
to be entwined; to be involved
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
busy; having no (free) time
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point