to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to heap abuse upon (a person); to criticize strongly; to blast (someone)
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
time; hour; season; time of the year
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
pregnancy; conception; gestation
fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination
implantation (of an embryo)
to be born; to come into the world
girl; lass; young thing; chick
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
no-good man; (male) loser
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
bowing while pressing three fingers of each hand on floor