abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
aforementioned; above-mentioned
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
understood; I see; OK; present; here
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
how; in what way; by what means
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
nature; property; disposition
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
living thing; living creature; animal; life
predation; eating prey; preying upon
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself