individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
food storage; provision store; pantry
training (animals); breaking (animals)
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for
to think too much; to be over-concerned
general framework; broad outline; rough idea; generally; broadly; in broad terms
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
just made; fresh (e.g. from the oven); newly built (e.g. house); brand-new
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
horror film; horror movie
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
Japanese angelica tree (Aralia elata)
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
beyond imagination; unimaginable
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing
prickling; stinging; tingling
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to harm; to cause harm to
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
remedial measure; relief measure; corrective measure; countermeasure; remedy
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
much less; to say nothing of
primary significance; primary importance; first principle; absolute truth; ultimate truth
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
time limit; time restriction
to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)