tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
inspection; examination; survey
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
job (work) training (for the unskilled)
accomplishment; lessons (in an art, skill, etc.); practice
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
about when; about what time; how soon
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
indisposition (e.g. a cold) caused by getting chilled while sleeping
to call again; to call (someone) back
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
(place) right in the center; dead center; dead centre; exact middle; heart
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
at a loss for words; stumped for words
priority; order of precedence
walking briskly; determinedly
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to look downwards; to lower one's eyes
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
slapping the opponent with the open hand
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
hanger-on; follower; flunky; purse strapped round one's waist