offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
slim; slender; slight; delicate
pilaf topped with bechamel or other cheese-based sauce, then oven baked
to come to like a lot; to fall in love
early on; earlier on; from early
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
stiff neck; stiff shoulders
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
human intellect; knowledge
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
enumeration; citation; listing
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
searching; hunting for news story; journalist
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
horn (musical instrument)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
revolution; cataclysm; drastic change
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
chalice (for Holy Communion); Holy Chalice; Holy Grail
before use; pre-service; pre-operational
porcelain (esp. hard-paste porcelain); china; chinaware
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
exhibiting; showing; putting on display; putting up for sale; entering (a work into a competition); submitting
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
making one's best exertions
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
repairing pottery with a lacquer mixed with gold, silver, etc.
to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained
to soften; to moderate; to relieve