remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
argument that something is unnecessary; opposition
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
influence; clout; leverage
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
Tudor dynasty (of England; 1485-1603)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
grave maintenance; grave keeper
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
reimportation; reimport; reverse import; (cultural, etc.) reverse import (e.g. California rolls being introduced in Japan)
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
ancestor; forefather; foremother
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance