expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
lack of understanding; lack of sympathy
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
to revere as a god; to worship as a god; to deify
law of cause and effect; principle of causality
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
how much; how many; however
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
growing thickly; growing densely
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
tree stump; stubble (rice, etc.)
suspension (of an automobile)
portrait; likeness; picture
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
scorching; scorch; scorched rice (at the bottom of the pot); crispy rice; part of ceramic glaze that has become dark or darkish-brown during firing
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
death by hanging; execution by hanging
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
directly under; falling perpendicularly
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
meaning; connotation; denotation
to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in
short stature; short figure
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
in proportion to; just as much as
to be able to manage somehow or other