catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
delinquent (youth); delinquency; Yankee
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
action of making something; -ification
play; sport; romp; frolic; joke; prank
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate person
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
serious wound; serious injury
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
all but dead; half killed
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
acid reflux; bile reflux; pyrosis; gloating; gratification; satisfaction
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
rebar; (iron) reinforcing bar; reinforcing steel; reinforced concrete
on the sea; surface of the sea
Imperial Hotel (in Tokyo)
instead; but (on the other hand)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
(United States of) America; USA; US
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z