hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
grinding; polishing; refining (skill, knowledge, etc.); striving to master something
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
forcibly; against one's will
function; facility; faculty; feature
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
stress-induced; stress-related
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order