honeycomb toffee; sponge toffee; foam candy from heated brown sugar mixed with baking soda
pumice stone; loose rock; loose stone; floating group (in the game of go); group without a base
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
baking soda; sodium bicarbonate
rock candy; sugar candy; crystallized sugar; sugar crystals
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
egg white; white-fleshed fish (e.g. tai, hirame, karei); white meat; sapwood
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933)
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
every place; various places
devil; evil spirit; genie
three stars (shape); three stars (rating); Orion's belt; Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
Ganesh; Ganesa; Ganesha; Ganapati
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)
to bring; to take; to bring about
sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); chloride
plaster; gypsum; calcium sulphate (sulfate)
semi-transparent; translucent
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
personification; anthropomorphization
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination