control; check; restraint; inhibition
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
duty; function; office; mission; task
to care for someone; to look after someone
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
accomplishment; execution
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
mine guards (during a strike)
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to rise; to erect; to get up
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
to crouch; to squat; to cower
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
atrocious crime; heinous crime
offender; criminal; culprit
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
egregious; outrageous; too much; over the top
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
threat; intimidation; menace
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
suddenly; all of a sudden
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye