joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
operating room; operating theatre
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to concern; to be related
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
these guys; these fellows
culling; putting down; slaughtering; killing
to take flight; to disappear
night soil; muck; filth; dirt
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
cultivation; nurture; culture
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
plywood panel; control panel; concrete panel
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air
shape of a globe; globe shape; spherical
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
many-headed; hydra-headed; large-scale (e.g. breeding)
merman; half man-half fish
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
snake; serpent; large snake
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
living thing; living creature; animal; life
Muscat (wine grape variety); Muscat (Oman)
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section