total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
carrying (child) under arm
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
one's house; one's home; one's family
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
just one person; only one
to be reminded of; to call to mind
imagination; supposition; guess
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
drainboard; floor grates; duckboard; slatted wood (e.g. used as a base for storing futons inside a cupboard)
to lean against; to set against
lightly; gaping wide; suddenly; unexpectedly
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
yellowish; tinged with yellow
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")