fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
living thing; organism; creature; biology
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
cave; hollow; cavity; hollow
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
four (long cylindrical things)
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
to watch steadily; to stare
many; much; plenty; hardly
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
piling up; multiple layers
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
resolution; vote; decision
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
land and sea; army and navy
all-out attack; general offensive
on the sea; surface of the sea