to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to become tense; to become serious; to become sober; sobering; bracing
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
material; substance; matter
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to have a talk; to tell a story
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
although I say; although one might say; although called
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide