overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
back street; back alley; off-street
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
panting; gasping; heavy breathing
inside; interior; inner part
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
almost; roughly; approximately
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
offender; criminal; culprit
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
hard (life); tough (world)
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
to stop walking; to pause
former boyfriend; former girlfriend
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
how long; how far; how much
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem