increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
(not so) much; (not) very
balcony; Spanish bar; Spanish-style restaurant with a counter, serving food, alcoholic drinks, and coffee
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
yes it is!; it surely is; certainly
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
100,000; hundred thousand
8000; eight thousand; many
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
barrier wall; bulkhead; partition; septum; diaphragm
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
noxious gas; poisonous gas; toxic fumes
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
wounded person; injured person
(suffering) damage; injury; harm