mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
calamity; disaster; accident
periodic; regular; routine
time; season; period; phase; stage
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
you could say; you might say; verging on the
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
event; phenomenon; matter
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
selection; choice; picking out
make no progress; remain unsettled
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
to be found; to be discovered
nature; character; disposition
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)