sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to begin to dissolve; to start melting; to dissolve into (a liquid)
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket
preservation; conservation; storage; save (to storage)
highly nourishing (nutritious); earning top marks nutrition-wise
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
(and) then; and; thereupon; in that case; then; so
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
writing pressure; pen pressure; strength of a brushstroke
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
comprehensive; composite; all-round; all-embracing; general; overall
one's own handwriting; autograph
leader; guide; mentor; coach
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
fluent (in a language); flowing
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to be ready and waiting; to be on the alert; to be on the watch
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
old couple; elderly couple
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
chief; main; principal; major
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort