successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
to boil well; to stew; to simmer (for a long time); to cook (various ingredients) together
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
being on duty; person on duty
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
solution; solution strategy
grip (of hand); grip strength
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
source of worry; source of distress
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to