fortune-telling; divination
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to be blown in (e.g. rain); to sweep in
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
section; cross section; profile
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
serious; severe; grave; acute
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
to devise a plan; to work out a plot
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
family; relatives; dependents; household
to show up; to appear; to turn up
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy