kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
everywhere; all over; throughout
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
security; guarantee; collateral (e.g. mortgage)
tool; implement; means; furniture
real thing; original; actual
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
(not) even when using ...; (not) even with the help of ...; (not) even by ...
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
the six internal organs (large intestine, small intestine, gallbladder, stomach, san jiao, urinary bladder)
large intestine; large bowel; colon
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
traditional Chinese medicine
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
internal organs; intestines; viscera
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
manners; behavior; behaviour
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
floor heating; underfloor heating
countertop; tabletop; baking tray; baking sheet
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to entertain; to make welcome
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself