to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
caltrop (spiked device scattered to maim infantry and horses); calthrop; caltrap
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
pitch dark; total darkness
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
sulfur mine; sulphur mine
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to investigate; to consider; to pat; to rub
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
sulphurous acid gas; sulfurous acid gas; sulphur dioxide gas; sulfur dioxide gas
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
ending the climbing season; closure of a mountain to climbers; closing a mine; discontinuation of mining
only; merely; but; no more than