base of the tongue; root of the tongue
respiratory tract; air duct
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
as you see; as you can see
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
deadly serious; deadly earnest
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
tool; implement; means; furniture
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
discovery; detection; finding
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
go that far; to that extent
to be worried; to be troubled
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
complete stranger; total stranger