to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
the entire strength; all hands; all the members
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
opinion; intention; thought
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
affiliated with; under jurisdiction of; under the umbrella
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
independent; unaffiliated; self-funding
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
offence; offense; hindrance
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
reason; cause; circumstances
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
four-legged tray for festive food
softness; comparatively soft
to cook (grains, e.g. rice); to boil; to simmer; to stew
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
full of ingredients; hearty; substantial
unidentifiable; unidentified
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
river fish; freshwater fish
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
tedious; boring; being fed up with