foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to blow out; to spout out
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
having more losses than wins
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
room for growth; potential; promise
a little bit; a little while
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
diligent student; studious person
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
having one's guard up; not showing weak points; (of women) resisting attempts of being hit on; being distrustful of potential love interests; prudish
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
anpan; bread roll filled with red bean paste; paint thinner (as an inhalant)
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
police drama (television); detective drama
rave reviews; extremely high praise
anywhere; here and there; common; run-of-the-mill; ordinary
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
thicket; bush; clump of bushes
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
large dictionary; comprehensive dictionary; unabridged dictionary
rare; extraordinary; singular
great famine; severe famine
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
overfishing; overhunting; indiscriminate fishing; indiscriminate hunting
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
small hill; low hill; hillock
deep-seated grudge; hatred
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
common; ordinary; conventional; customary