to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; point of view; viewpoint
seasoning with salt; amount of salt
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
handmade; homegrown; hand-crafted; homemade
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
fish-based cooking; fish dish
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
cooking a fish inside a salt crust
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to take command; to give direction
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement