expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
snake; serpent; large snake
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
too much; excessively; too
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
self-defense; self-defence
while; during; while; although; all; both
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
such; like that; that sort of; very
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
private citizen; civilian
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to order; to command; to appoint
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.