spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
manly; masculine; like a man
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
a considerable number; a fair number
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
five-digit number; "ten thousands" column
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
fighting spirit (in sport); tenacity
third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order
book of pictures (paintings, drawings, etc.); collection of pictures
original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.); source
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
binding (of a book); design (of a book cover)
spine (of book); binding (of book)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission