to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to be too numerous; to be too much
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
armored personnel carrier; APC
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
force (bulldoze) one's way through
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
assertion; declaration; affirmation
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
how much; how many; to what extent
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
instability; insecurity; crankiness