to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to assemble; to set up; to construct
main dish (e.g. meat, fish, but not rice); principal dish
side dish (e.g. vegetables, beans, pickles)
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
confectionery; sweets; candy; cake
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
lovely; cute; charming; sweet
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
confections; sweets; candy; cake
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)