technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
blessings of nature; nature's bounty; gifts of nature
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
seasoning; flavour; flavor
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
surely; certainly; without doubt
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
need; want; necessity; expenses; cost
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
old gentleman; elderly gentleman
windfall; piece of good luck
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
regular customer; valued client
that's true; of course; obviously
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to tighten; to press hard