locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
sizzling (of cooking meat, fish, etc.); frizzling
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
caterpillar track; continuous track
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
to grant someone's request
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
filtration; filtering; percolation
rampancy; prevalence; domination
drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; you can't solve a problem without making some sacrifice
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
machinery; gadgetry; equipment
reservoir; water-storage facility
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
cylindrical container (pot, vase, etc.); having no waist (straight body figure, not curvy); being stumpy; sleeveless (coat etc.)
drill bit; drill; drill (practice); drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus)
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
wired; cabled; communication by wire
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
to smear with blood; to kill
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
sign of remorse; indication of regret