hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
image; figure; figure; form; image
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
environment; surroundings; circumstances
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
herbal tea; herb tea; tisane
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
one more time; once more; once again
big turnoff; major letdown; damper (on things)
to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
fish-liver oil (cod, shark, etc.)
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
fat; tallow; lard; grease
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity