to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
gaining nothing by; getting nowhere by
future (usually near); prospects
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
how; in what way; by what means
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to scrape off; to shave off
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
that is to say; so that means
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to mix; to stir; to blend
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
local specialty; special product (of a region)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound