to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
series; sequence; keiretsu (group); conglomeration of businesses linked by cross-shareholdings; affiliated; subsidiary
branch manager; manager of a branch office
rubbing one's hands together
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
hotel worker; hotelman; hotelkeeper; hotelier
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell); food cooked in a crockpot
diving beetle; Japanese predacious diving beetle (Cybister japonicus)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
laughing while reminiscing
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine
to trample to death; to kill underfoot
gelidium jelly strips (made from agar-agar); prostate orgasm
death by suffocation; death by choking
rafflesia (Rafflesia arnoldii); monster flower; stinking corpse lily