to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
property; fortune; means; assets
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to debate; to deliberate; to argue; to contend; to discuss; to dispute
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
planned; scheduled; systematic
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
to throw open; to leave open
on bad terms; at loggerheads
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
fortune-telling; divination
calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
augury; fortune-telling; divination
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to claim victims; to leave casualties