steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
with a plunge (of something sharp into something soft); with a thrust; with a stab; sullenly; sulkily; glumly
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
quick work; (clever) feat
to freeze; to refrigerate
in spite of; regardless of
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
to help each other; to cooperate
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
tofu; bean curd; beancurd
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
to be boiled; to be cooked
to serve; to dish up; to dish out; to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
indirection; indirectness