memories; recollections; reminiscence
to jump at; to be attracted by
window frame; window sill
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
shah; former ruler of Iran
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
cecum; caecum; (vermiform) appendix; appendicitis
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
to close (one's eyes); to shut
that; the matter in question
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow)
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
charcoal; charred remains
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face