strangeness; abnormality; disorder
rising; exacerbated; exasperated; accelerated; aggravated
originally; by nature; from the start
very young; little; childish; immature
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
these guys; these fellows
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
settlement; solution; resolution
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous