cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
how long; how much; to what extent
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
internal organs; viscera; intestines
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
armchair theory; impracticable theory
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
that; the matter in question
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason