to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
skillful handling of a kitchen knife
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
to underrate; to make light of
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
to intend; to be sure that
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
(present) head of a family
dinner theater; dinner and a show
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
tingling; stinging; pungently
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
once you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; (lit.) if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
power; might; authority; influence
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
mouse unit (unit of toxicity in poisons)
strength; power; proficiency; ability
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
riskiness; (level of) danger
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
cooking; food preparation