major-leaguer; member of a major-league team
increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
to understand each other well; to relate to; to strike a sympathetic chord
seitai; manipulative therapy based on Chinese and Japanese traditions, and encompassing osteopathy, massage and chiropractic
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
plastic; pula (currency of Botswana)
frontline (military) base; forward base; outpost
in order to be(come)...; since it amounts to...; since it is advantageous to...
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis)
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
being the runner-up; finishing second
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
shelter; safe shelter; evacuation shelter; place of refuge
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
recklessness; daredevilry; rashness; (arch.) long-lasting
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
to trample; to crush underfoot
scattered; separated; dispersed
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
secret base; hideout; hidden position