art of cooking; cookery; cuisine
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
light (color, colour, taste); simple; plain; frank; candid; ingenuous
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
major cleanup; spring cleaning
to work straight through without stopping
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to accept (a thing) with thanks
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
to yell out loud; to shout loudly; to cry aloud; to scream loudly
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
this is why; this means; it is the case that
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to watch steadily; to stare
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
release; emission; ejection
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to pave the way; to put in motion; to put on the road (to)
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
dynamic visual acuity; DVA; kinetic vision; ability to identify objects in motion
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to push (something) against
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
sparing life and taking life; letting live and killing