bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
halfsies; splitting evenly between two people
to put one's strength into
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to be stingy; to be tightfisted
dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break
Later Zhou dynasty (China, 951-960); Later Chou dynasty
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
well-bred; of good upbringing
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
vital part (of the body); tender spot; key point; essential point; male crotch (as a target in fighting)
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow