miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
simmering; (boiling) gently
smacking one's lips (over food)
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to become emaciated; to waste away; to grow thin and worn out
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
looking or acting as if one owned the place
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
the whole area; all areas
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
conformity; compatibility; adaptability; congruity; congruence
right beside; close to; nearby
even more; still more; further
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at