dripping wet; soaked; drenched
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
fat; tallow; lard; grease
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to half-rise to one's feet
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
good performance; good work; great success
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
extermination; annihilation
war; battle; match; game; competition
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to launch a surprise attack
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
to turn against; to become an enemy