slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
to soak; to steep; to macerate
tooth; teeth; tooth (of a comb, saw, etc.); cog; support (of a geta)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity
high blood pressure; hypertension
stroke; cerebral haemorrhage; cerebral hemorrhage
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
weariness; boredom; tedium; tiresomeness
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
physical condition; state of health; shape
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
decision; determination; resolution
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
paralysis; palsy; numbness; loss of sensation; standstill; state of paralysis
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
a little bit; a little while
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
people; men and women; each person; everybody
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
big snake; (large) serpent
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
(Chinese) merchant caravan
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist