creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
because of; owing to; due to
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
I know, right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; there we go
to some extent; to a certain extent
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to loiter around; to wander about
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
if man will not work, he shall not eat; no work, no play
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
hungry ghost (preta) realm
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to be too numerous; to be too much
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
long time; long interval; for quite some time
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap