straining; tensing up; trying too hard; overexertion; bravado; showing off
pressure; oppression; suppression
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
respect and affection; love and respect
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
in accordance with; according to
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
completely; fully; entirely
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
here and there; in places
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
Moon; month; moonlight; (a) moon; natural satellite
level ground; horizon; field of view
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
windbreak (forest); shelterbelt
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
farm (livestock); stock farm; ranch; pasture; meadow; grazing land
herdboy; shepherd boy; young ranch hand; cowboy
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape; to make good one's escape
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual