to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
raw materials; ingredients
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
precocity; early ripening; premature development
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
teacher; instructor; professor
to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face
to grant someone's request
enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
abuse; misuse; perversion
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
not to be depended on; of little hope
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
rude person; insolent person
the lowest (of its kind); the poorest
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
big leakage; uncontained leak
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
meat miso; miso mixed with ground meat
zhajiangmian (dish of ground pork over wheat noodles)
Szechuan dish of noodles covered with a sauce of sesame paste and chili oil
soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the guest or customer never has an empty bowl