gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to become clumsy; to miss one's aim
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
deep dish; dish with a high rim; tureen
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
fragment; one of the group or party
vegetable thinnings (for salad)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
undergrowth; weeds beneath a tree
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
mottled pattern; patchy pattern
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
settlement; permanent residency
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
to mix; to blend; to combine