with a scraping sound; with a scratching sound; with a crunching sound (while eating)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
faltering; tottering; halting; unsteady; awkward; clumsy
way one walks; one's walk
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to take someone's life; to kill someone
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
feeling keenly; fully realizing
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to sniff out; to get wind of
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
tearing off; stripping off; ripping off
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement