to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
silence (not speaking); muteness
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
dizzyingly; to feel dizzy
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
calm; composed; cool; quiet
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit