sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
woman; lady; adult female
(slowly and) carefully; without haste; thoroughly; deliberately; closely; meticulously
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
waist; waistline; waist measurement
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
yak hair dyed red; red hair; frizzled fake hair; curly fake hair
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
stealthily; secretly; in secret
small cake made from sweet potatoes; sweet potato
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
thinnish; somewhat thin; weakish; on the weak side; rather light; rather pale
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
first 17-syllable verse of a renga; haiku; first five-syllable line of a tanka
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
thickly; viscously; stickily; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself