decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
creation; generation; formation; derivation
expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination
cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to try all possible means
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy
to be badly made; to fail
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
in the ground; in the earth; underground; subterranean
to burrow through; to dig through
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
true character; true heart; true spirit
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
rough; wild; rude; harsh; gruff; violent
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
moment by moment; hour by hour
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
worthless thing; trivial thing
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to be squashed by; to be pinned under