chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to comb back; to stroke upward; to smooth up
to congeal; to gelatinize; to jellify; to jell; to gell; to freeze
to fit (inside something)
leading a horse, cow, etc.; groom; horse boy; hors d'oeuvre; appetizer
stroke (of a racket, in swimming, etc.)
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
connected as one; unbroken; linked together
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
because of; owing to; due to
internal organ; viscera; gut
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
somewhat thick; relatively thick; thickish; on the thick side
interior closed room with heavily plastered walls in a Heian palace
feeling good; feeling nice; feeling pleasant
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
that's a different matter; that's a different story
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
with a squelch (treading through mud, etc.); sinking into; piercing through; plunging into
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
absentmindedness; dreaminess; fool; blockhead; hollowness; emptiness
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
introduction (from abroad); transmission (through successive generations); being handed down (from generation to generation); being passed down
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
conception; fertilization; fertilisation
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling