speaking voice; talking voice
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to squash; to crush; to flatten
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
to sink (into); to get depressed
to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
kind; tender-hearted; compassionate
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
to nip (something) in the bud
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave