fishing grounds; permitted fishing zone
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
pile (fabric, nuclear reactor, structural support, etc.)
(acupuncture) needle; acupuncture
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
mineral deposit; ore deposit
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
foreign matter; impurities
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
presence; sitting with; being with
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
single colour (color); monochrome
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
coating (esp. lacquering)
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
one by one; one after another; successively
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
reduced scale; scaling down
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
measurement error; calculation error
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo