bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
god of death; death deity; Death
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
box cutter; utility knife
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
control; check; restraint; inhibition
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to pluck; to pick; to tear
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to rush over; to run up to
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
gradations (on a ruler, thermometer, etc.); division; scale
wrist cutting; slashing one's wrists
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
thin arm; slender arm; slender means; meager ability to earn a living
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
hostility; animosity; enmity
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to