art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
reward; recompense; tip; conveyance charge; packhorse charge
to have a taste (of something); to sample; to try
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
growth period (in children)
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
measure to win somebody over to one's side
open; spacious; extensive
thin or light silk; sheer silk; veil (mystery)
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
dry snacks (e.g. crackers, nuts, dried squid, esp. to go with drinks)
suited figure; person in a suit
stock offering (to the public)
heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
microorganisms; saprophyte; saprophytic bacteria
sobering up; method of sobering up
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
to show; to bare (the teeth)
to get slightly dirty (all over)
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
leather; tanned animal hide; suede; kanji "tanned leather" radical (radical 178)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell