letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo
cooking; food preparation
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
another thing; exception; special case
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
spacious; roomy; large; extensive (business, dealings, etc.); large (scale); broad
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
one plate (of food); one dish; one helping
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
hurried recruitment; urgent recruitment
to cover up the sky (e.g. smoke)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
as far as the eye can see
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit