Island; insula; island; islet
coming and going; commuting
deep inside; innermost place
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
Japanese freshwater crab (Geothelphusa dehaani)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to take; to catch; to capture
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
long illness; protracted illness
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to be erected; to be built
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
almost every day; almost daily
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
to project; to stick out; to stand out
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical