encroachment; erosion; corrosion
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
moment; brief space of time
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
in the end; on top of that
to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord
horizon (related to land)
gathering clouds; group of clouds
thick curtain; drop curtain
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
kamishibai; storytelling with pictures; form of Japanese street theater and storytelling (popular from the 1930s to the 1950s)
though one didn't intend (expect) to
Island; insula; island; islet
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
double; twice (as much); twofold
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
the 10 precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
matter of time; question of time
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all