manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
on the occasion of; at the time of
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
sampling food; tasting; trying
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
you must lose a fly to catch a trout; sometimes the best gain is to lose
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
not yet known; unknown; strange
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
coming to a store (restaurant, bar, shop, etc.)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
contract; compact; agreement
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
seasoning; flavour; flavor
demanding; difficult; strict
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
heaps of corpses all around
to play a central role; to take a leading part
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on