materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
Mediterranean Sea; Mediterranean sea (oceanography)
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon); giant tiger prawn
red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area; miso mixed with crab innards or scraps
kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.); thoughtful and scrupulous
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
considerably; greatly; a lot
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
impossible; unlikely; improbable
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to be somewhat stylish; to be somewhat chic
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
second (unit of time); arc second
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
it's not like; it isn't as if
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
only; merely; but; no more than
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
reality; actuality; hard fact
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine