... all over again (repeating the same failure)
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
along; parallel to; in accordance with
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to crouch; to squat; to cower
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
repeating firearm; a repeater
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to