tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
two (long cylindrical things)
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
numbered tag; numbered ticket
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
how many months?; how long?
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
to be born; to come into the world
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated
suffering from summer heat; summer heat fatigue
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
ritual acts performed under a waterfall
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
hard on others but easy on oneself
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
corpulence; fatness; obesity