clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it
poisonous; toxic; noxious; malicious; spiteful; hurtful
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
wholeheartedly; with all one's heart; cordially; sincerely
poisonous; toxic; addictiveness
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
to burst (open); to break; to split
military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
in spite of; regardless of
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
to ask a high price; to overcharge
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
under the orders of; by order (command)
release; liberation; acquittal
being absorbed in reading
(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
stagnation; hindrance; delay
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
leadership conference; summit meeting; top-level conference
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case