to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
kozo (Broussonetia kazinoki x papyrifera); Japanese paper mulberry tree
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
empirically; from experience
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
still better; even better
amount of experience; experience level; experience point; exp; XP
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
trial product; prototype model
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
I've got to be going; I must go
black-dyed leather; leather dyed in deep indigo; edible mushroom in the Thelephoraceae family
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
steamed dish; steamed food
to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)
to use (the same thing) for multiple purposes; to reuse; to work (someone) hard; to order around
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
squared timber; rectangular lumber
mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
filtration; filtering; percolation
whole day and night; 24 hours
to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on