fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
reduction by half; halving
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
killing and wounding; bloodshed
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
population (of animals, etc.); population size; number of individuals
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
cancellation; cancelling (a person, e.g. for an inflammatory remark); cancel culture
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
double take (esp. out of surprise)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to find out; to discover; to locate
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
dormancy; quiescence; diapause
host; landlord; innkeeper
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)
trackless; reckless; dissipated
a cut above; one step above
distance; difference; gap; disparity; gulf; chasm
fine (mesh, fabric texture)
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to leave to take its own course; to let a matter take care of itself
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate