harmful insect; noxious insect; pest; vermin
(one's) quota; assignment
(a) jump; splashes (usu. of mud); upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo); close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup; hane (move)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
to be crabby; to be unsociable; to be snippy; to be irritable
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
homelessness; homeless person; being removed from the family register (Edo period)
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)
to go underground; to go into hiding
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate); extraction; pulling out
somehow; for some reason (or other); why
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
meanwhile; in the meantime
truce (during a children's game); time out; King's X
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
threat; intimidation; menace
empty-handed; unarmed; lacking funds
starvation; famine; hunger
losing one's means of livelihood
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
purple lightning; flash; swordflash
that; he; she; that person
judgment; judgement; decision; verdict
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
black lustre; black luster
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
sense of touch; tactile; haptic; hair style with long bangs
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to breathe in and breathe out
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal