to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
method of cooking; way of cooking; cooking technique; recipe
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
elasticity; resilience; flexibility; adaptability
staying at home (to prevent the spread of illness, etc.); self-quarantine; self-isolation; being on furlough; being temporarily laid off
to get late; to advance; to wear on
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
second basement level; subbasement
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
to burrow through; to dig through
to boil strongly; to be excited
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
sunny spot; exposure to the sun
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to cut and even up; to cut several pieces to the same size
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field