kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
cook; chef; tap; spigot; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)
shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
general mobilization; general mobilisation
surrounding environment; ambient surrounding; one's surroundings
mapping; aligning related information, objects, etc.; mapping; mapping; cartography
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution
care; precaution; guarding; caution
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
in the background; not standing out
thoroughly; through and through
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to beat to death; to kill
one's thought and beliefs
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
support; backing; patronage
be (that) as it may; having said that
in search of; in order to look for
thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
conference room; council room