dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
incident; affair; happening; event
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
and (also); both ... and; as well as
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
witnessing; observing; sighting
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
this (very thing); this precisely
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
(social) position; status
to strengthen; to beef up; to put on a firm basis; to ensure; to secure
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
domestic affairs; internal administration
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
confusion; mixing; merger
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
Java sparrow; Java rice finch (Lonchura oryzivora, Padda oryzivora)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
environment; circumstance
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
leaving the nest; going out into the world; becoming independent