explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
like this; this sort; this way
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
condition; state (of health); appearance
highly unpredictable; touch and go
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
peril; danger; hazard; distress
to be silent; to say nothing
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
sighing deeply; giving a deep sigh
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
it's probably so; it stands to reason
to shout (in anger); to yell
to know (a person); to think
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to take away; to carry away
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to backfire; to have a harmful result
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in