food; foodstuff; prey; victim
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
joint struggle; common (united) front
programme; program; plans; arrangements
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); ikky; to stick closely
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to be touching; to be moving
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
brief (amount of time); short
to sew up; to sew together
shōchū; Japanese spirit distilled from sweet potatoes, rice, etc.
the last moment; the very end
(political) administration; political power
give up; relinquish; serve up; let loose
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
gazing at (in wonderment)
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to flare up; to burst into flames
at the last moment; this late in the game
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
to distract one's attention
to thrust away; to send flying
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur