to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
vertical stripes; striped fabric
basking in the sun; sunbathing
common mushroom (Agaricus bisporus); white mushroom
spring festival; spring matsuri
combination; union; combined; joint; congruence
busy; having no time (for)
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
job satisfaction; quality of work life; reason to work
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
experimental; provisional
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
how can (one) do something
well-known only to those in the know; well-known but to the few; well-known to a connoisseur
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
absence; disregard; indifference
aquatic (life); living in the water
worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) even dust becomes a mountain if piled together
to do for real; to do in real life; to carry (a story) into actual practice