nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
without trouble; easily; readily
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
in person; personally; directly
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
irritation; annoyance; frustration
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)