mechanical pencil; automatic pencil
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
paint; coloring materials; colors; colours
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
India ink; China ink; ink (of a cuttlefish, etc.)
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
to dry up completely; to become stale
glass bottle; glass jar; phial; vial
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
three; three years of age
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
snake; serpent; large snake
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
it is I who should say so
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
(some) more; even more; longer; further