deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
points paid and received at the end of a game of mahjong based on position (rank)
piece; fragment; one (object)
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
promotion; raising of status
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
and; thereupon; because of that
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
manners; courtesy; etiquette
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
forced to use; forced into a position
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
beginning; outset; first; onset
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
reason; cause; circumstances
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling