new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
cutlet (usu. crumbed and fried)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
to be baked (food); to be printed (photos); to be fired (pottery)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics)
slicing a fish down its back
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
skin-side (of a fillet of fish)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
deep-frying with little oil