to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
discovery; detection; finding
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
weak child; frail child; gangly child
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee; going inside a shop; opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such)
two classes; double; two sets
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
ingenuity; resourcefulness
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
all-night vigil over a body; wake
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
who benefits (from that)?; who cares?; who would want that?; pointless; of benefit to no one; of interest to no one
same; similar; (just) like; equal
order; reservation; order; sequence; order (of magnitude); architectural order
senior; elder; person older than oneself
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive