neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
pinch (of something); one piece; easy victory
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
optimization; optimisation
this and that; one thing or another
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
French; French food; French cuisine
chikuzenni; simmered chicken and vegetables; chicken stew with taro, carrot, burdock, etc.
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
remains; leavings; remnant; surplus
to cook (esp. grains such as rice, by boiling); to finish cooking
king; monarch; ruler; champion
personality; style; appearance
sovereign; emperor; monarch
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant); influence; crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
technical skill; ability; capacity
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise