increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
calamity; disaster; misfortune
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
monolith; large slab of rock
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
yoke; constraints; oppression
reason for being; raison d'être
to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular; to fret; to sulk; to rain on and off
favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
one's last moments; hour of death
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
leaving everything up to someone else
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
another thing; other things; another man's property
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
to work without sleep or rest
arm; automated retroactive minimal moderation; ARMM
daruma otoshi; toy consisting of vertically stacked wooden blocks that must be knocked away without letting the daruma doll on top fall to the ground
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
universal serial bus; USB
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge
Hercules; Herakles; Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)
horse riding; horseback riding; horseback rider
poppy seed; pinhead-like; small as ants
wooden doll; blockhead; good-for-nothing
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded