prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to smash (violently); to crush; to ruin (a plan, company, etc.); to wreck; to destroy
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
while; during; performed in this condition
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
leader of the pack (of a group of kids); neighborhood bully (neighbourhood)
hermit crab; renting a house; tenant; renter
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
small person acting arrogantly on someone else's authority; person who borrows the authority of another to browbeat others; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
greedy; avaricious; covetous; raga (desire)
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
sense of smell; olfaction
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
what sort of; what kind of; what way
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
power; authority; influence
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more