hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
sense of values; values; value system
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
mountain road; mountain trail
regional cuisine; local cuisine
food covered in a thick starchy sauce (usu. made of kudzu or katakuriko flour)
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
stairs; stairway; staircase
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
geothermal energy; terrestrial heat
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
masculine face (on a woman)
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to bubble; to foam; to froth
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
udon served in a pot with broth
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
bearded face; unshaven face; hairy face
hole; hollow; pothole (road, pavement, etc.)
to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
polish; improvement; burnishing
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
willpower; energy; vitality
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
as expected (positive events); as hoped for