to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
to fly around; to scatter
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
everything; anything; nothing
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
something like ...; something called ...
birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors
carnivore; carnivorous animal
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
heart; guts; nerve; central part
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
professional killer; hit man
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed