being good at cooking; good cook
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
Tabasco; jalapeno sauce; pepper sauce
mustard paste; English mustard
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
don't you think?; indicates question
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
measurement; size; extent; plan; intention; arrangement
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to go into the minutest details
inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
straying; wandering off course
preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement