unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
reader; (website) visitor
summary site; aggregator; type of site which features summaries of online discussion threads and blogs
contributor (of written material)
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
one's relatives by blood and marriage (in blood and law); one's kith and kin
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
to suffer mentally; to be in emotional pain
Burmese rosewood (Pterocarpus indicus); angsana; flowering quince (of genus Chaenomeles) (Pseudocydonia sinensis); Chinese quince (Chaenomeles sinensis); quince (Cydonia oblonga)
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
dropout; quitter; deserter
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
licence; license; permit; certificate (of qualification)
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
denial; negation; repudiation; disapproval
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
refutation; rebuttal; retort
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
simple and clear; plain and simple
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
to put someone to work; to make someone work
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)