shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
item; something that one "just has to have"
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
tap; faucet; tapping (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
sweet voice; seductive voice
how many people; a number of people
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to continue to do; to persist in doing
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
convenient; handy; useful
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
pulsation; pulsatory motion
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
sharp parting remark; parting threat
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
eternal; unlimited; endless
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then