thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
looter; plunderer; pillager; marauder
tenth day of the month; ten days
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
superstition; superstitious belief
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
time required; time taken; necessary time
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual
way (of doing); manner; method; means
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
resonance; sympathetic vibration
running as fast as one can
hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek
going through; going via; going by way of
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
wide turn; detour; the long way around
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises