water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to cover fully; to wrap around
a short while ago; already
to bring back; to restore
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to laugh away; to laugh off
not limited to; not just ...
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
at the last moment; this late in the game
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
something like ...; something called ...
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to stop (plug) one's ears
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to