specific gravity; relative density; relative importance; weight
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
nothing but; none other than
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
mistress; kept woman; (lit.) No. 2
unrequited love; one-sided love
charcoal; charred remains
assorted grains; cereals; millet
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
feeling a sudden chill; feeling a shiver; feeling sudden surprise (fright, horror, etc.); shuddering
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
connection; link; relationship
scattering (in all directions)
to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)
to yearn for; to be in love with
smoke screen; dazzler; camouflage; deceptive means; magic; witchcraft
halation (i.e. in photography, a halo-effect when additional light leaks out around the subject)
how; in what way; circumstances
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
in the end; on top of that
without thinking of the consequences
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
to throw open; to leave open
waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
to cover one's private parts
a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours
close associate; close aide; brains-truster