what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
herbal tea; herb tea; tisane
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
one more time; once more; once again
big turnoff; major letdown; damper (on things)
to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
fish-liver oil (cod, shark, etc.)
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
fat; tallow; lard; grease
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer
forcibly; against one's will
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
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
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)