handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to creep about; to crawl around
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
the same book; the said book; ibid.
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
novel idea; strange theory
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
direct descent; direct line
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
sea slug (various orthogastropod species, esp. of order Nudibranchia); nudibranch
Japanese name (often of plants and animals, and written in kana)
supporting evidence; corroboration
even more; still more; further
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation