manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
true character; real nature
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
certain evidence; definite evidence
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
king; monarch; ruler; champion
to get late; to advance; to wear on
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
no matter how much time passes
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
adhesion; glueing; gluing; bonding; binding; adhering
be (that) as it may; having said that
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
(small) knife; short sword; small sword
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
to make a cut; to make an incision; to score (food)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to pry; to prize; to prise
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; rice ball
root; joint; base; crotch
union; joining; conjugation
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
trivial; not amounting to much
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff