(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
no, not like that (but like this)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to surrender; to give in; to yield; to submit; (lit.) to bend one's knee
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
maintenance; preservation; improvement
impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous
hating; strongly disliking
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
golden child; promising young talent; (lit.) gold egg; golden egg; gold mine; cash cow
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
sacrificial goat; scapegoat
to try to do; to attempt to do
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to win favour; to win favor
to exert oneself; to make efforts
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
female vampire; vampiress