accumulation; accumulate; store
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
proletariat; lower classes
each house; every house; many houses
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
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
unsung hero; person who does a thankless task
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
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
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
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
sludge; slime; chemical ooze
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
in name only; titular; nominal
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
one's habitual behaviour (behavior)
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity