cold vegetable hors d'oeuvres in Chinese cuisine
seafood cooked in a way that preserves its original shape
dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow
to take a solid stance; to put one's back in it; to exert oneself
mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
to eat too much; to overeat
to need; to demand; to take; to require
exercise to help digestion
a long time ago; quickly; swiftly
konnyaku (Amorphophallus konjac); konjac; devil's tongue; konnyaku jelly; konjac jelly; devil's tongue jelly
chink in the armor (armour)
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
just you wait and see (as a threat)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
finishing blow; coup de grâce
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination