full portrait; whole aspect; full story
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)
kind; sort; species; species
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
to close down a business; to shut a business
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
slice; slice; slice (in tennis, table tennis, etc.); backspin shot
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
towering; astonishingly high
advanced; pioneering; cutting-edge
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
nose for profit; commercial spirit; flair for making money through business
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
from here; from this place
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
deep-frying; deep-fried food; abura-age; thin deep-fried slices of tofu
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
bamboo blowpipe used to stimulate a fire
force of a fire; force of flames
with a clatter; with a fling (opening a door, window, etc.); bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather); nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.); cheerfully
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily