shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
leopard (Panthera pardus)
sudden change; complete change
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
traditional; customary; conventional
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
form; method; system; formula
hot water; hot bath; hot spring; molten iron
regulation; adjustment; control
water heater; (domestic) boiler
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
pot (esp. teapot, coffee pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryō system)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest