if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
both hands; both arms; ten
goes before a verb to strengthen its meaning or to add emphasis
(arch.) Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
squeaking (of an engine, skis on snow, etc.)
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
timewise; temporal; chronal
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
refrigerant; thermal gel; ice pack; cold pack
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)