pickling in salt; food preserved in salt; holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused
desalinating with water; salt removal
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
little by little; bit by bit
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
whatever happens; no matter what; under any circumstances; in any case; at all costs; at any price
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
by myself; in person; by oneself
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
to follow (a rule, precedent, style, etc.); to conform to; to be in accordance with
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
great mistake; serious error; blunder; complete misunderstanding
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord