to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
personality; character; individuality; personhood
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
palpitation (of the heart); pounding; throbbing; thumping
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
being good at cooking; good cook
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
interior furnishings shop
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
decision; determination; resolution
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
another; different; something else
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
sea level; (surface of) sea
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
painting (houses, fences, etc.)
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous