decreasing birthrate and aging population; aging population combined with the diminishing number of children; declining birthrate and a growing proportion of elderly people; dwindling birthrate and an aging population; low birthrate and longevity
laughing foolishly; cackling
harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
wet wipes; moist towelette; baby wipes; wet tissue
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
strip-searching; security check
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
departure; leaving; going away; recession
quickly; swishing; whooshing
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
throw; throwing; throwing event
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
while; during; performed in this condition
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
to lift; to turn over; to fold over
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to be contrary to one's expectations
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
the same kind; accomplice; partner
individual; one by one; separate; each
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis