preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
flour; powder (for polishing, dusting, etc.)
slight; thin; on the weak side
wooden form; wooden model; wooden pattern
die cutting; cutting with a cutter; shaping with a mold; cookie cutter
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
to burn; to roast; to grill; to bake
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
finish; finishing; finishing touches
flour; meal; powder; dust
to mix; to stir; to blend
pink; erotic (usually used in relation to the sex industry); blue; pornographic
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
originally; by nature; from the start
stickily; gooily; syrupily
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
mud; muddy; covered in mud
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
button (clothing); push-button
three; three years of age
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
heigh-ho; heave-ho; hold on!; just a minute; la-la
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
to give directions; to issue instructions
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
serious; severe; grave; acute