cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
to shed light; to cast light
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
Everyone is safe (all right)
disintegration; self-destruction
half and half; fifty-fifty
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
study; library; bookstore; bookshop; publishing company
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
extract; excerpt; selection
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
secret understanding; collusion
specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
chicken, goose and pheasant; (arch.) cuckoo, Japanese bush warbler and wagtail
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
distortion; falsification; perversion
coaxial mounting; multiple mounting
what's what; heads or tails
to fret; to be fretful; to be peevish
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to