covered in mud; mud-caked
few decades; many decades; several decades
black kite (Milvus migrans); construction worker; scaffold erector; fire hook; reddish brown; Inverness cape; filcher
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
to receive divine punishment
I sincerely believe in Amitabha; Lord have mercy on me
to lie deep in; to extend far back
exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
curious; strange; unusual
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
room allocation; assignment of rooms
low dining table; tea table
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)
changing one's clothes; (arch.) lady court attendant
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
sensitive; susceptible; emotional; impressionable; sentimental
box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
going to bed; retiring (for the night)