putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
(not) even once; (not) ever
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to look around; to survey
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
hook (fishing, golf, boxing, etc.)
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to surround; to crowd around
water vapour; water vapor; steam
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
forcibly; against one's will
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to become pale; to turn pale