recently; lately; these days
domestic affairs; internal administration
southern part; the south (of a region)
speak of the devil and he shall appear; (lit.) speak rumours of someone and they shall appear
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to need; to demand; to take; to require
Muscat (wine grape variety); Muscat (Oman)
with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.)
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
I've got to be going; I must go
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
completely; all the way; altogether; bodily
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
earthen walls (of fortification); earthwork; embankment
mutant strain; mutated variant; mutant species
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
benefiting from the fame or influence of a parent; riding a parent's coat-tails
far away in the distance; in the far distance
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to break onto (shore); to wash ashore; to attack
exactly as stated; verbatim
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession