means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
wife and children; (arch.) wife
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
rule; reign; government; governing
Claus; Crouse; Klaus; Kraus; Krauss; Krausz
short pause; short interval
thereupon; shortly thereafter
appearance; figure; shape; form
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
while; during (the time when)
it's no joke; gimme a break!
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
to be absorbed in reading
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to intervene; to stop (something)
to be born; to come into the world