sampling food; tasting; trying
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
bento; Japanese box lunch
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
moo (sound of a cow); moo-cow; moo-moo
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
(some) more; even more; longer; further
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to be needed; to be wanted
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
connection; link; relationship
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
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)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
position; location; base; point; site
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost