to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up)
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to complain; to make a complaint
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to be pulled in (fish); to be landed
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
full-bodied (e.g. wine, sake); rich; robust (flavor); full-flavored
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
to sniffle; to snuffle; to sob
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
younger scholar; future reference
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
good humour (humor); good mood
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)