to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
question; inquiry; enquiry
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
up and down; lightly; nimbly; casually; (strolling about) without a care
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
as if nothing had happened
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
I see; that's right; indeed
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
guaranteed; authentic; certified
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
restaurant with only set meals
deep-fried horse mackerel
set meal; special (of the day)
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to smash violently; to crush
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
number two; mistress; concubine
to set up shop; to open a store
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
while; even though; despite
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)