to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
squeak; cheep; slurp; sucking noisily; mouse
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
sub; substitute; reserve; sub-
free translation; liberal translation
to check; to stop; to keep back
self-consciousness; self-awareness
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to increase; to add to; to augment
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
deep psyche; unconscious mind; depth psychology
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
recently; lately; these days
video game (played on a home console)
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
for the present; for the time being
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
nothing but; none other than
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address