locally caught fish; local fish
thin strips; matchstick-like strips; julienned ingredient
jello; gelatin dessert; jelly
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
flurry of snow in a clear sky; winter wind which brings scattered snowflakes or raindrops; skin eruptions cause by a cold or fever
step-up; advance; progress; increase
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
paper scoop used in goldfish scooping
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
tiger (feline, Panthera tigris)
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
rapid development; rapid unfolding
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
thousand years; many years
the matter you have been talking about
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
to think too much; to be over-concerned
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook