way out; means to escape; escape route
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
surrounding at a distance
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
one by one; in detail; minutely
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
finally; at last; in the end; ultimately
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
locust plague; damage to crops by grasshoppers
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
harmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
very great; enormous; serious
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
experimental; provisional
rice cultivation; rice crop
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext