anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
blood vessel; blood relationship
family; relatives; dependents; household
tide; current; tendency; trend
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
Kagawa Prefecture (Shikoku)
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
how things should be; the way something ought to be; ideal state; ideal form
ancient times; prehistoric times
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
to start using; to try out
satoshi (0.00000001 of a bitcoin)
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
well-cooked; well-done; browned
to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly