carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
on the occasion of; at the time of
mottled pattern; patchy pattern
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to drop; to lose; to let fall
to turn to delinquency; to turn to crime (of a child)
personification; anthropomorphization
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)
to throw into; to toss into
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to bend one's head slightly to one side; to look slightly doubtful
to mix; to stir; to blend
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
sad to say; how sad; alas
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
to become empty; to be emptied