fall; drop; descent; coming down
spine; backbone; spinal column
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
silence; stillness; quietness
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
level ground; plain; flatland
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
tension; mental strain; nervousness
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
six (long cylindrical things)
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to peel off; to come off; to be taken off
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
sanity; consciousness; soberness