to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to tighten; to press hard
to torment; to torture; to harass
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to cease; to stop; to be over
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
like that; that way; thus
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
how long; how much; to what extent
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)