there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
blessings of nature; nature's bounty; gifts of nature
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful