(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
straight; as the crow flies
aaah!; oooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to dye; to colour; to color
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
to blow off; to be blown off
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
how dare ...; how could ...
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
though; notwithstanding; although
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age