hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to slide into; to slip into
snake; serpent; large snake
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
locking technique in judo
to clamber (up); to scale
to fly apart; to tower over; to be out of the ordinary
child; young lad; stripling; greenhorn; inexperienced person
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
someone doomed to their fate; (lit.) fish on the chopping board
low intelligence; low IQ; feeble-mindedness; unintelligent person; person with a low IQ
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to breathe out; to exhale
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to appease; to suppress; to calm
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
nausea; sickness in the stomach
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
to begin to crumble; to crumble and fall (or collapse) onto another object
fort; stronghold; fortification
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction