processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
sampling food; tasting; trying
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type
measuring; weighing; metric; distance function
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to cut by abrasion; to cut by rubbing; to use up (all one's money)
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
unprecedented; never seen before
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
as is habit; the way life normally is
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
looking or acting as if one owned the place
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key