ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
encumbrance; burden; drag
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
quietly; calmly; comfortably; peacefully
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
unseasonable; out of season
particularly; especially; indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat; indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
unique; peculiar; singular
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
underground; subterranean
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
least common multiple; least common denominator
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
calamity; disaster; misfortune
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation
photoperiodism; photoperiodicity
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)