to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
volunteer activities; volunteerism
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
serious; severe; grave; acute
unsung hero; person who does a thankless task
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
material; substance; matter
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification