considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
return; arriving home; conclusion; reduction
assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together
to be tired of waiting; to wait impatiently
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
to come face to face (with)
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
how; in what way; by what means
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
Coriaria japonica (species of shrub)
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
apricot seed; apricot kernel
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
trembling from fear; trembling all over
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
don't worry; no worries; never mind
to depart (on a journey, trip, etc.); to leave; to set off; to start