backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
few decades; many decades; several decades
locust plague; damage to crops by grasshoppers
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
measures to stimulate employment; employment measures
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
supernatural tanuki (Japanese folklore)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
to glare at each other; to confront each other
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata); hardy orange
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
coloring; colouring; adding color; adding colour
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn