parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
nothing but; none other than
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
difficult to ...; hard to ...
goodness; excellence; virtue
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to make an appearance; to show up
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
one end; an end; part; fragment
secrecy; highly classified information
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to