to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
dairy cow; dairy cattle; milk cow; milch cow
water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
boathouse; ship's hold; hatch
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
excited condition; excited state
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
first meeting; first interview with
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
offender; criminal; culprit
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
paranoid; obsessive; fixated; monomaniacal
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
waterproofing; making watertight
to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)
inundation; submersion; flood
matter of time; question of time
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
philosophical view; looking at philosophically; long view; farsighted view