cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation
ennui; boredom; listlessness; languor
descendant; progeny; offspring
whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle; start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
to monitor closely (for rule-breaking, etc.); to keep a close eye on
to insist on; to persist in; to be obstinate
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
to lift (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to raise; to hoist; to manipulate (a price) upward; to (artificially) raise; to push up
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
approximate (number); rough (calculation); sloppy; lackadaisical; crude
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
splish-splash; with a splash; click-click (of a camera shutter); with a click; with a snap
composure; calmness; self-possession; depositing (at the bottom); deposition; accumulation
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
to be worn down; to wear away; to wear out; to dwindle; to be reduced
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
indigenous people; native people; aborigines
having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery; habitual movement of one's hands; marks from being handled often
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
to carry through; to achieve; to complete
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
very likely; very probable
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
6th day of the month; six days
to worry; to fret; to get anxious