thin soy sauce; light soy sauce
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
rich (taste); dark-coloured; thick; dark soy sauce
ahead; before; the future
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
magic lantern; slide projector
skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to shave off (esp. concrete); to take a percentage; to take a cut
(medical) decoction; infusion
about here; in this neighborhood
heavy sweating; a great deal of sweat
to be familiar; to learn by ear; to pick up knowledge
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie
total situation fully understood; understood; agreed
incommunicative; taciturn
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
love affair; sensual pleasures
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; (fig.) person who follows orders blindly
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
crying (of an infant) at night; baby colic
slight cold; bit of a cold; touch of a cold; lingering cold
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
earthenware; pottery; yakimono; flame-broiled food (esp. fish); tempered blade
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
strongish; somewhat strong
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually