genuine article; real thing; real deal
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
snake; serpent; large snake
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
to devour; to bite to death
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments; (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
poppy seed; pinhead-like; small as ants
pleasant chat; talking amiably; laughing over; funny story; jest; joke
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
delusion; trick of the imagination
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
sympathy; compassion; pity
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
slowly; stolidly; heavily; lumpingly
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
electricity; (electric) light
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
morning sickness; hyperemesis gravidarum
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
to exterminate; to eliminate; to eradicate; to suppress
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
eight (long cylindrical things)