axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
daily necessities; goods for everyday life
to bubble; to foam; to froth
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
attached matter; attached substances; accretion; incrustation
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
mantle (of an invertebrate)
great green turban (Turbo marmoratus)
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell); food cooked in a crockpot
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
extremely dangerous; full of peril
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
power balance; balance of power
be (that) as it may; having said that
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
what people say; rumours; public opinion
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
honesty doesn't pay; life is unfair
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
sign; indication; omen; symptom