eardrum; tympanic membrane
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
six (long cylindrical things)
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
Tinea translucens (species of clothes moth)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
to hide; to keep to oneself
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
stepwise; one step at a time
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
largest class; top category
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to let an opportunity slip
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
all you have to do is; just; that's all
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
determination; resolution
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
towering; astonishingly high
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)