(insectile, especially moth) scales
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima); buprestid
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
carnivorousness; carnivorous
swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus); Japanese blue crab
rhombus; rhomb; lozenge; diamond shape
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
scroll; counter for scrolls
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
teeth of a saw; serration
swimming; bathing; getting on in the world
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whales or blackfish)
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition