direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
bathing (swimming) in cold water
stew; food cooked in a pot
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
although I say; although one might say; although called
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
carnivorousness; carnivorous
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
aroma; class; style; aromatherapy
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
match (to light fire with)
one by one; one each; one at a time
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
mountain road; mountain trail
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry