chestnut (horse coat color)
ferret (Mustela putorius furo)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
carnivore; carnivorous animal
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
local residents; neighbours; neighbors
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
field; farm; rural; agricultural; stray (e.g. dog, cat); unauthorised (esp. smartphone application)
residence; housing; residential building
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
scene of an accident; crash site; accident scene
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to scrape off; to shave off
sports ground; sports oval
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
going unsolved; remaining unanswered