dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
manners; behavior; behaviour
animal (in nature); animal (in origin)
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
audience (with someone of high standing)
winning a battle; victory; victorious battle
meddling; butting in (wherever one can); sticking one's nose into (e.g. a conversation); person who meddles in everything; person butting in a lot; busybody
one chance; only opportunity; maybe; perhaps; one-night stand
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
numerical inferiority; being outnumbered
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
polite; courteous; hospitable; careful; handled with great care; treated with attention
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
carelessness; careless mistake; blunder; wetting oneself; soiling oneself
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
common people; ordinary people; masses
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like