famous book; masterpiece (literary work)
mimicry; mimesis; camouflage
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
leaving (a decision, job, etc.) to someone else; entrusting; leaving the choice of a meal to the chef; omakase
in the meanwhile; during the time
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
sunlight filtering through trees
fast asleep; dead to the world
stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
trouble; harmful effect; evil influence; implication; involvement
that's a different matter; that's a different story
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
cartoon-character costume
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
willpower; energy; vitality
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; part-timer
nothing but; none other than
extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular
earnings from a part-time job; part-time job pay
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly