cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
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)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
older sister; lass; young lady
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
personal affair; one's own affair
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
now that; since; so long as; because
oak; orc (fictional race common in fantasy literature); ork
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age