hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
humanity; civilization; civilisation; culture
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
catalogue; catalog; inventory; certificate indicating an impending gift
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
(short) rest; breather; break
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
three generations; third generation immigrant; sansei; the third (e.g. Henry III)
correction; revision; amendment
three generations; three periods; third generation
minimum; at the very least
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
fox with supernatural powers
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling