cooking; food preparation
tool; implement; instrument; equipment
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
shortcut; short-cut hairstyle for women
here and there; everywhere
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
study; research; investigation
closely-guarded secret; top secret
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
the opposite sex; isomerism
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
courting; wooing; making advances
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
(not so) much; (not) very
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
the world in general; society; convention
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus); subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
social; societal; societary
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
main shrine; inner sanctuary
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost