to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
who benefits (from that)?; who cares?; who would want that?; pointless; of benefit to no one; of interest to no one
comparatively; relatively
uncharted territory; unknown waters; unfamiliar terrain
every year; yearly; annually
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
another prefecture; other prefectures
personal; individual; private
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
detour; circumvention; turning movement
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
process; course; mechanism
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
pre-made (esp. food); prepared in advance
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
tarantula (common name for large spiders); European wolf spider (Lycosa tarentula)
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
thickly; stickily; viscously
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause