response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
difficult to ...; hard to ...
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
useless resistance; vain struggle
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
advance; moving forward; progress
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
freedom; free man; free woman
to accept; to receive; to agree
intimidating air; sense of intimidation