impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to leap back; to jump back
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
innumerable; countless; numberless
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
flight; desertion; escape
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
retreating figure; appearance from behind
to sink (into); to get depressed
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy