to put one's life on the line
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
inscrutable; incomprehensible
same crime; being equally guilty
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to cut; to slit; to cut open
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
life; living; I; me; student
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
shore; bank (of a body of water)
ash; embers; complete destruction
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
above; going steadily upward
mask; disguise; guise; mask
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
carrying out to the end; bringing to completion
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
level ground; horizon; field of view
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle