flowering tree; Japanese red maple (Acer pycnanthum)
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
edge of the eaves; house frontage
imposing stance; daunting pose
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
continuation; succession; series
to fly around; to scatter
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
(barbed) wire entanglements
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with