shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck
belief that human nature is fundamentally good
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
such; this sort of; like this
living thing; living creature; animal; life
grasp; catch; understanding
cooperation; collaboration
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
mental; spiritual; emotional
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
half the body; half length
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
genuine article; real thing; real deal
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
opposite; reverse; contrary
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air