leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
what people say; rumours; public opinion
outward appearance; apparent
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
chimera (mythological); chimaera; chimera (biological); chimaera
shady online money-making
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
only one (person, thing); sole; highest; best; custom-made
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
foolhardy; reckless; fearless
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
statue; picture; picture revealing character
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
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.)
many; a lot; much; multitude
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to be possessed by a god; to not act like oneself; to behave oddly; to be awesome; to be extreme
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers