illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
Japanese freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
difficult to ...; hard to ...
achievement; deed; exploit; merits
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
discovery; detection; finding
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave