(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
time around sunset; early evening
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
exhaust sound; exhaust note
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to boil; to seethe; to be oppressed by heat
day after day; day by day
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
taking up; winding; rolled paper
displeasure; ill humour; ill humor; pique
this for sure; certainly is
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
regular; usual; favourite; favorite; preferred; accustomed
loveable; very likeable; like very much
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
test plan; system test and evaluation plan
the more one looks (at it) the more...
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
scattered here and there; at intervals
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
one meal; one meal (a day)
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
deadly serious; deadly earnest