thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
paste (form); (as a) paste
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
how; in what way; by what means
three; three years of age
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to surround; to crowd around
wrestlers from the same stable
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to work hard; to make an effort
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
base stealing; steal; stolen base
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
from the beginning; from scratch
in accordance with; according to
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to be conspicuous; to stand out
perception; sensation; awareness
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
departure; leaving; going away; recession
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to carry something into a place
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')