at the critical moment; when it counts
tank tread; continuous track; caterpillar track; endless track; crawler track
blocking the way; standing in the way
unavoidable; inevitable; cannot be helped; of necessity
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
chicken skin (e.g. in cooking); bird skins
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
soldering iron; hot iron; brand; mark; stigma
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
to be unable to bear (something) any longer; to be unable to put up with (something) any longer
in low spirits; dejected; sad
variable; changeable; convertible; controllable
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting
ancestral shrine (temple); mausoleum (of one's ancestors); Imperial mausoleum
sulfur spring; sulphur spring
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
all-night vigil over a body; wake
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
to feel compassion towards; to be swayed by emotion; to be moved by
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
new idea or design; novelty
Moomin (troll characters in Tove Jansson's series of books)
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
gnomefish (Scombrops boops)
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other