fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to call dibs; to establish a claim; (lit.) to spit on (thus preventing others from taking it)
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt
arrest; apprehension; capture
expertise; specialized knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
pan; pot; transgender man (female-to-male); butch lesbian; (arch.) maidservant; (arch.) housemaid
particularly; only; in the case of
dashi; Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp
gas cartridge stove; portable stove; camp stove
simmering; (boiling) gently
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.); marbling (of beef); (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water; formation of frost
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
bringing; taking; carrying
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
stew prepared from ingredients contributed by members of a party, and eaten in the dark for fun
durian (fruit); Dorian (mode, column)
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
to swallow one's tears; to choke back one's tears; to hold back one's disappointment; to suppress one's mortification
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
the cauldron of Hell (in which sinners are boiled)
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
rating; ranking; grading; classification
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
Japanese Black (breed of cattle)
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell; stench
even more; still more; further