to be hot on a person's heels
entreaty; supplication; petition
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to need; to call for; to require
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
pessimism; disappointment
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
alone; by oneself; on one's own
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
suddenly; all of a sudden
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
stupid brat; son of a bitch
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to beat to death; to kill
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to feel compassion towards; to be swayed by emotion; to be moved by
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...