reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
that; the matter in question
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
European Community; EC; e-commerce; electronic commerce; emergency contraception; engineering constructor
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
please; somehow or other; one way or another
control; management (e.g. of a business)
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
matter to be checked or investigated
physiological saline; normal saline; saline solution
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
action; operation; effect; function
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)