holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)
Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR
to smoke (e.g. pipe); to puff (cigarette)
And Then There Were None (1938 novel by Agatha Christie); Ten Little Niggers
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
with a wriggle; in a slimy way; coweringly; hesitantly
book-cover design; picture on the cover of a book
draft papers; call-up notice; red paper
marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
swinging back; aftershock; backlash
to head home; to leave for home
contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise
god of marriage; matchmaker
required subject; compulsory course
finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows
getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped
screenshot; screen capture; screengrab
being interested in somebody (only) for sex
flathead (esp. the bartailed flathead, Platycephalus indicus)
being used to socializing with men (of a woman)
swipe (multi-touch screen interface); swipe; sweeping blow
to get back together (with a former partner)
one's earthly existence; living under heaven
office romance; office love affair
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome
European linden (Tilia x europaea); common lime; lindane
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to