blow; shock; strike; batting
sad to say; how sad; alas
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
(and) many others; extras (in a film)
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
minority group (party); minority
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to take off one's clothes; to undress
to have sex; to have a physical relationship
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
resignation; stepping down; retirement; retreat; decamping; withdrawal
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
terrain; geographical features; topography
press corps; group of reporters
highly unpredictable; touch and go
illegal channel; back channel; black market
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
trial manufacture (cultivation, etc.)
mountain vapor; mountain vapour
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
bodily; physical; corporeal; sexual; sensual; of the flesh
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on