to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
cake served with tea; teacake
toothpick; skewer for eating moist wagashi (steel, bamboo, etc.)
coating (esp. lacquering)
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
extensive; vast range; wide scope
to be injured; to sustain a wound
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp; (arch.) to be a sign of; (arch.) to be an omen for
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
old furniture; curios; secondhand goods
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
sending; forwarding; shipping
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
sending back; return to sender
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
concussion (of the brain)
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
top of the head; crown of the head
serve; serving (e.g. of food)
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
land readjustment; town planning
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down