to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
person concerned; interested party; related party
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
preference; priority; precedence
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
there being no use in arguing (about it)
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to yell; to rant; to rave
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily