to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to flee from one's enemy; to turn tail; to expose one's weakness to an adversary
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
innermost depths of one's heart
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
loud sound; loud reverberation
to be a matter of life or death
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
without warning or notice
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
to lose one's footing; to slip
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
successively; one after another
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
battle formation; disposition of troops
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
flash (of light); glint; schiller
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
poster color; poster colour
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
regulars; regular soldiers
person killed in action; the war dead
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up