birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat
rare; uncommon; rare; lightly cooked; rhea (bird of family Rheidae); Rhea (Greek goddess)
price; cost; value; worth; value
domestic; domestically-produced; produced within a country
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis)
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to dispose of; to sell off
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
outline; summary; argument
villain; baddie; the villain's part
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
(only) one option; one possible choice
(adult male) Asian sheepshead wrasse (Semicossyphus reticulatus)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
brow; forehead; prominent forehead; beetle brow; not catching anything (in fishing)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap