degeneration; retrogression
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
to be silent; to say nothing
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
fire pan; heating; first lighting (e.g. furnace); firing (e.g. forest); pasteurization
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
so; like this; in this way
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
one-by-one; separately; in detail
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
returning to the origin; going back to the beginning; retracing
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful