broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
bakery; baker; pastry shop
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
light color; light colour
fat; tallow; lard; grease
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
two times; twice; two degrees
end; close; finish; termination
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
on countless occasions; many a time