explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to dispose of; to sell off
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
labor camp; labour camp; low-quality accommodation for laborers
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
(social) class; rank; grade
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
later on; eventually; afterwards
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to employ; to hire; to charter
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
sympathy; compassion; pity
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
one by one; one each; one at a time
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
sorry; apologetic; remorseful
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication