to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
(muscular) explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force; quick responsiveness; instantaneity
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
lightly; easily; carelessly
other side; opposite side; other party
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
muscle fiber; muscle fibre
battlefield; battleground
accidental death; casualty
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
means; way; method; measure
to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
being filled with; being full of; permeation
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
have a pain in one's chest
regret; repentance; remorse
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
to get goosebumps; to have gooseflesh
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
on the occasion of; at the time of
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason