to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
to need; to demand; to take; to require
embryo; germ (e.g. wheat germ)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
process; course; mechanism
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
acceleration; speeding up
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
interference; intervention; meddling
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
personality; character; individuality; personhood
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to turn towards; to point
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
mirror surface; lens surface
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
glass bottle; glass jar; phial; vial
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)