taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
along; parallel to; in accordance with
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to rush over; to run up to
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to run through; to run past
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
on the occasion of; at the time of
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)