to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to spend time (on doing something)
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
large amount of money; great cost
recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo
that's true; of course; obviously
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
vegetable; marijuana; cannabis
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
technical skill; ability; capacity
perishable foods; perishables
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
wise man; philosopher; sage
flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to live; to make a living; to get on with
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent