fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
sound; tone; note; ring; chirp
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to speak; to hear a voice
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
to face on; to look out on to
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
one; same (mind, path, etc.)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
kitchen; galley; (Internet) troll
highish; somewhat high; on the high side; somewhat expensive; comparatively expensive; on the expensive side
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to peel; to skin; to pare
sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
preliminary arrangements; preparation; spadework; pre-cooking
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
somewhere; in some respects; in some way
to relax; to feel at home
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?