group; bunch; crowd; group
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
camping; campground; making camp
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
positive thinking; optimism
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to be entwined; to be involved
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
New Year's decoration with cocoon-shaped cakes
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
death by suffocation; death by choking
to tear off; to strip; to rob
killing two birds with one stone
to subsist; to keep on living
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to smash; to break into pieces
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante