to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
hydrogen sulphide; hydrogen sulfide; sulphuretted hydrogen; sulfuretted hydrogen
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
professional killer; hit man
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
limestone cave; limestone cavern
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
groundwater; underground water
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
outside world; physical world
fresh verdure; new green leaves
particle; atom; little piece; not at all; not the slightest
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
in name only; titular; nominal
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle