to undermine; to sap; to dig away
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
change; alteration; modification
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
meteorological observatory
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
spine; backbone; spinal column
split; division; break up
playing in the mud; playing with mud
traffic conditions (e.g. heavy traffic); transportation situation (e.g. bad roads)
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
female employee; female worker; working-woman
rationing; rationing system
to strangle; to constrict
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
superheating; overheating
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period
diverse arguments arising in great numbers
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
position on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.); vital point; crux
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
protracted war; war of attrition
decreasing (graph falling to the right); shrinking; declining
production output; number of goods manufactured
for the present; for the time being
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
climax (rhetoric); gradation