news; word; tidings; omen
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
cooking; food preparation
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
(with) only a few left; (with) little left
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
to pick up; to find; to gather
(death from) starvation; starving to death
timewasting; killing time
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
third day of the month; three days
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
when it becomes; when it comes to
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm