walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper)
egg boiled, peeled, and steeped in soy sauce marinade
place for storing things; container; compartment; closet; pocket
rapidly; one after the other; without hesitation; unreservedly; sound of tramping; stomping
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
the ostentation (bad taste) of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity
genuineness or spuriousness; authenticity; the genuine and the spurious
insight; power of observation
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
what's what; heads or tails
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
just because; even if; even though
article specially made to order; made-to-measure (custom-made) article
fashion sense; sense of fashion
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
camel; camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair; camel (color); light yellowish brown
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
Gamblea innovans (species of deciduous tree); extremely spicy form of chili pepper; variety of high-quality green tea
on the sea; surface of the sea
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
prickling; stinging; tingling
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
excessive; too much; unreasonable
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction