to distribute; to hand out
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
striking; remarkable; considerable
Franckenstein; Frankenstein
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
barbering; haircutting; hairdressing
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
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
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
renewal; replacement; regeneration; metabolism
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
close-cropped hair; shaven head
to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
crisper (e.g. in refrigerator); vegetable drawer; produce compartment
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else