changing the water (e.g. in a fish tank); well cleaning
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
secret savings; secret stash; money hidden away
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
suspension (from work or school)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
unreasonably stubborn; not knowing when to give up
university (college) professor
set of three; three sets; three classes
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
happy memory; sweet memory
herbal tea; herb tea; tisane
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
unidentified flying object; UFO
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
melon (esp. a muskmelon, Cucumis melo)
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
to understand (each other); to comprehend
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable