query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to be entwined; to be involved
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
dirty; vulgar; nasty; offensive; disgusting
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
way (of doing); manner; method
death by suffocation; death by choking
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
killing two birds with one stone
to subsist; to keep on living
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
to boast; to brag; to feign ignorance; to pretend not to know; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to smash; to break into pieces
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
death by crushing; being crushed to death
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
everything; anything; nothing
something or other; one thing or another; this or that