multiplier effect (econ.)
thinly made; slight build or stature
Battle Royale (novel by Koushun Takami, 1999; film, 2000)
lick; bottom card of the draw pile; (arch.) tasting (a nobleman's) medicine to see if it contains poison; (arch.) medicine taster
sound when stopping the blade of a sword with the guard
modesty; humility; being humble
headband; headstrap; circlet
disagreeable; unpleasant; off-putting; disconcerting
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
bad disease; malignant disease
herd of horses; pack of horses (in a race)
fixed rule; usual way; usual method
geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats
high compression; high pressure
artificial fingernail; fake fingernail
pure; undiluted; raw; crude
stout; well-fleshed; well-built; well-padded; plump
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved; I've got something to ask you
draining (esp. pipes from water for the winter); drainhole; drain; drainage
flat chest; small breasts
espionage network; intelligence network
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
cowering; recoiling; overwhelmed
muttering voice; murmuring voice
bursting at the seams; bulging
origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology
hamachi; young Japanese amberjack; young yellowtail