bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
reproachful; hateful; bitter
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
aptitude; aptness; suitability
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
not holding on; not using the hands; letting go one's hold; lack of reserve (in expressing one's emotions); lack of restraint; openly (saying)
every person; every mouth; every entrance
root; source; origin; cause
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
distortion; falsification; perversion
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
to prostrate oneself before
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
protuberance; bulge; protrusion; rise; uplift; upheaval
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to