process; course; mechanism
melting; fusion; liquefaction
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
conduction (of heat or electricity); transmission (of light or sound); conduction (of a nerve impulse)
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
available; enabled; can be used; may be used
game in which the points (or prize) double with each win; exponential increase; rapidly multiplying growth
final; eventual; ultimate
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, string, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); piercing (e.g. with a needle); squashing (something small; e.g. an insect); breaking out (e.g. of a pimple)
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to cut; to slit; to slash
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
son of a bitch; piece of shit
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
long-armed; kleptomania(c)
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son