increase in activity; activation
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to collapse into; to flop onto
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
the power of life or death
right under; directly below
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
big hit; big prize; bumper crop; striking it rich; right on the mark; bonanza
to pick up; to find; to gather
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to quicken one's pace (steps)
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
probability; likelihood; chances
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery