sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
watery; soggy; racy; titillating; sexy
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
proper; right; reasonable
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
somehow; for some reason or other
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
animal; beastly; carnal; sensual; brute
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
worst of the worst; despicable; extremely bad
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
with these words; while saying
to thrust down; to push off
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
material; substance; matter
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
one (thing); one piece; one item
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)