slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
sublimation; sublimating (an emotion, impulse, etc.); channelling; diverting
great difference; big difference; wide margin
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something)
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being
posing; modeling; modelling
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
tingling; stinging; pungently
machinery; gadgetry; equipment
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
to turn completely into; to become completely
fashion sense; sense of fashion
increased volume or quantity
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
steel tower; electricity pylon; transmission tower
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
to be transparent; to show through
peace talks; peace negotiations
self-interest; selfish desire
(iron) dumbbells; (pair) of dumbbells
killing three birds with one stone
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
nesting hole; burrow; den
north wind tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
factory or industrial district or area