to peel; to skin; to pare; to bare (teeth, fangs); to open wide (eyes)
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to eat; to become eclipsed (of an astronomical object)
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance
correction; rectification; mending; repair
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
partly open; in half bloom
in its entirety; whole; wholly
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
common camellia (Camellia japonica)
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
strained lees (e.g. sake, tofu); draff
external injury; external wound; (physical) trauma
vegetable wax; Japan wax; sumac wax
manufacturing cost; production cost
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold
inexperienced; immature; green; grassy-smelling; smelling of raw vegetation
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
pigment; coloring; colouring; colorant; colourant
two incompatible things (or people); (going together like) oil and water
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
to transplant (a plant); to replant; to reset (type)
(medical) follow-up; observation