evening; last night; yesterday evening
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
than; from; out of; except; but; more
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband)
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
every year; yearly; annually
Japanese leek (Allium chinense); Chinese onion; sour-sweet pickle of Japanese leek
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
one day; (on) a certain day
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
detestable; abhorrent; loathsome
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to complain; to make a complaint
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
while; during; while; although; all; both
to be silent; to say nothing