mistress; kept woman; concubine
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
foreign enemy; outside invader
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
god of war; war hero (who died in battle)
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
season (for fruit, seafood, etc.); best time of the year (for); in vogue; popular; hot
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
leaving (on, open, unfinished, etc.); (doing) continuously; constantly; keep ...-ing
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa); Japanese rose; Ramanas rose
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
and yet; though; when; in spite of
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
something; some kind of; for some reason
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
crops; agricultural produce