to cut; to slit; to slash
flax color; flax colour; beige; ecru
to add fuel to the fire; to make things worse; to stir things up
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
special selection; finest pick; top pick
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby); to be born; to come into being; to be formed
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel
hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place
precipice; cliff; flat head
chain (of); series (of); sequence; suite (e.g. of rooms)
penetration; permeation; transmission
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
Ding an sich; thing in itself
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
3000; three thousand; many
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
large; gland; ground (e.g. land, electrical, base material of textiles, etc.)
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
fixed date; settlement date