shades of evening; dead of night
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
palm heel; heel of the palm
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
to fly around; to scatter
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
much; remarkably; not at all (with neg. verb); quickly and vigorously; unhesitatingly
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
hitting a ball; batting; stroke
to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger); to faint
to rock; to shake; to swing
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
height (of body); stature
eye measurement; measure with eye
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
arrest; apprehension; capture
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to squeeze out; to wring out
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
to tighten; to press hard
tension; mental strain; nervousness
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse