making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice; charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to smoke (something); to fumigate; to oxidize; to oxidise
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
multistoried; multilayered
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
novel; original; new; innovative
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
personal; individual; private
preference; priority; precedence
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
until now; so far; up to the present
to be somewhat different (from before, from others, etc.)
invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
nerve; nerves; sensitivity