ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
one by one; one each; one at a time
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
decision; determination; resolution
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
matryoshka; Russian nesting doll
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally