to fertilize; to fertilise; to manure; to enrich
somewhat below; slightly below
roasting in foil wrapper; food roasted wrapped in foil
to engage in lively conversation
maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
10^52 (or 10^56); innumerable
a number so great it can never be counted to; 10^56 (or 10^64)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)
food steam-boiled in an earthenware teapot
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
more than friends, less than lovers
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
madly in love; completely charmed (by); from the heart; entirely; (arch.) bottom of one's heart
without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
steaming (of food) using a bamboo steamer
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
to compete for the first place; to be one of the best
perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
recollecting; reminiscing; looking back; retrospection; review
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
Jupiter (Roman god); Jupiter (planet); Jupiter Symphony; Symphony No. 41 by Mozart