physical foam or soap bubbles

to put something in a liquid for a period of time to soften, clean, or extract flavor

pickled vegetables; pickled cabbage; kimchi

noodles that are precooked and dried, typically sold with flavoring packets

a glass bulb which provides light by passing an electrical current through a filament or gas

a small bubble on the skin filled with serum, often caused by friction or burns

to waste time or stall for time

a small globule of gas in a liquid or a blister-like defect in a solid such as metal

to pick up, flirt with, or pursue women, often in a casual or insincere manner

pulmonary alveolus

an electric light bulb

to make tea

to steep or soak tea leaves in hot water to extract flavor

a small, fluid-filled sac in the ovary that contains a developing egg

to form blisters or boils on the body or a surface

to produce foam or bubbles

bubbles and shadows; metaphors for the transient and illusory nature of the material world

styrofoam; foam plastic

cooked rice that has been reheated or softened by adding boiling water or soup

vesicles (small fluid-filled sacs or cysts)

(idiom) to come to nothing

to use a combination of soft and hard tactics to get what one wants; to coax and pester someone persistently

Paulownia (genus)

a chemical substance used to produce foam or gas bubbles in liquids or materials such as plastics and rubber

seersucker (cotton cloth with a pattern of dimples)

a small lake or body of water, common in Northern Chinese dialects

in Buddhist philosophy, the concept that all phenomena are transient and unreal like dreams, phantasms, bubbles, and shadows

(biology) blastocyst

vacuole (biology)

(dialect) bladder

to stay on sick leave unnecessarily or feign illness to avoid work or duty

to procrastinate, waste time, or dally intentionally, often while pestering someone

eddy or whirlpool in a body of water

to come to nothing

(biology) blastodermic vesicle

soft in the head, brainless, or dumb

a small blister or pimple on the skin containing pus

to marinate

to emit bubbles or produce foam

the citron tree (Citrus medica), cultivated for its large, fragrant fruit with a thick rind

honest and trustworthy

swim bladder (of a fish)