protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
one's house; one's home; one's family
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
sludge; slime; dregs; hopeless situation; hell; despair
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
kitchen; financial situation
while being out of the office or away from home
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
saucepan; pot; stew; hot pot
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel