nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
health management; health maintenance; health care
to fall ill; to be taken ill
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
head; lead; vanguard; first
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
greens; vegetable leaves; leaf vegetable
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
material; substance; matter
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
(one's) younger brother; foolish younger brother
timely; well-timed; clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
report; notification; registration
where one has gone to; place one has gone to; (outing) destination
appropriate (urgent) response; expediency
in the mountains; among the mountains
campground; campsite; camping-ground