gasping; puffing; wheezing; asthma
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
breaking off; snapping off
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to thrust away; to send flying
to run out (e.g. of the room)
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.)
to stop walking; to pause
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
(someone else's) child; child; kid
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
both hands; both arms; ten
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to give directions; to issue instructions
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down