struggle; writhing; wriggling; floundering
nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)
two years before last (year); three years back (ago)
Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
lifting one's buttocks (e.g. through exercise); getting a perkier bum; getting rid of sagging buttocks
height (of a building, etc.); height (of a person, thing, etc.)
bottlenose dolphin; bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
softness; comparatively soft
pirarucu (Arapaima gigas); arapaima; paiche
aslant; oblique; diagonal; askew; cater-cornered; catty-cornered
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
bureau; chest of drawers; cabinet
tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them
bad at romance; awkward in relationships
obscene; indecent; dirty; improper
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
giving something a try because one has nothing to lose
very unskillful; extremely awkward
gasping; breathing heavily
industrial area; factory zone
reopening after renovation
blue dragon; Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; shape of an old pine tree
asafetida (Ferula assafoetida)
quarrelsome; easy to anger; quick to lose temper
death in madness; dying insane