let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
instant noodles sold in a cup; cup noodles
what kind of; what sort of; what
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
myself; yourself; I; me; you
oversized (clothing); baggy; rolling in (of money); (profiting) greatly; sloshing (e.g. of water); gushing
and yet; though; when; in spite of
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
cloud ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae); wood ear mushroom; Jew's ear mushroom
Lyophyllum shimeji (species of edible mushroom); euagaric fungus (in grocery stores, usu. refers to cultivated field mushrooms, etc.)
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
scabbard; sheath; cap (on a brush, pen, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
range; stove; cooker; microwave oven
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically