(United States of) America; USA
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
to be too numerous; to be too much
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
bowl of rice with food on top
in succession; one by one
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
if you think about it; come to think of it
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
tedious; boring; being fed up with
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
when; how soon; how long until
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
to bend; to warp; to curve
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
as before; as ever; as it was originally
everything; anything; nothing
natural posture (esp. in judo); natural stance; natural attitude; relaxed manner; calm manner
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute