expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
unexpectedly; surprisingly
practice by repetition; learning by rote
to do physical exercise; to be physically active; (lit.) to move one's body
government service; the bureaucracy
absolute basics; very rudiments
starting point; starting line
how many years; how long; what year
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
to bury; to embed; to implant
dozens; scores of; decades
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
Amur silvergrass (Miscanthus sacchariflorus)
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
space; interval; space character; whitespace
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
study; learning; tutorial
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor