national costume; folk costume; native dress; traditional dress
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
3rd day of the month; three days
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
progress; advance; improvement; development
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
another name; nickname; alias; synonym
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
boiled red prawn, shrimp, lobster, etc. (sometimes used as a New Year decoration)
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
extremely busy; short-handed; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment
death penalty; capital punishment
university professor; college professor
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
medical experiment on a living person or animal
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym