to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
without; but if; otherwise; or else
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life