to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
to say no more; to sink into silence
foreign matter; impurities
paste; glue; clothing starch
equality; uniformity; evenness
thickness; profundity; depth
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to read (a book, etc.) over again
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
how; in what way; in what manner
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
water that has been used to wash rice
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
outside world; physical world
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)