straw mat used as a bag for carrying earth
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
nothing but; except; no more than
sauce (esp. soy or mirin-based dipping sauce); hanging; something hanging (flap, lappet, etc.); (kendo) loin guard; kanji radical enclosing the top-left corner of a character; woman; -ass
mountain hare (Lepus timidus); blue hare; white hare; rabbit made of snow with leaves for ears and red berries for eyes
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
Bigfoot; Sasquatch; Bigfoot (monster truck)
cryptid (animal whose existence is unsubstantiated, e.g. the yeti)
to tease; to banter; to make fun of (someone)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
ancient writing (Edo-period or older); classical literature; ancient Chinese character (pre-Qin period); Chinese character script used before the Qin period
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
cosmic horror; Lovecraftian horror
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
reaction; response; reaction
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to trample; to crush underfoot
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
last days; the end; one's fate
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment