purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
extreme; ultra; mega; damn; stupid; cursed
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish; horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
likes and dislikes; tastes; preferences; pickiness (esp. about food); choosiness; fussiness
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
to mix; to stir; to blend
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
brown colour (created by roasting or firing)
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
beet; beat; kick (in swimming); kicking
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
rice porridge made by simmering cooked rice in a seasoned broth, often containing vegetables, fish, etc. (usu. made from leftovers)
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay