to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
widower; divorced man not remarried; bachelor; single man
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
relation; connection; relevance
race (of people); type of person
woodworking; woodworker; carpenter
original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness