delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to gather; to collect; to assemble
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
while; during; while; although; all; both
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
lucky or unlucky aspect of a given day
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
changing one's dress (e.g. at the wedding reception)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
serious; not joking; straight
cutting the cake (at a wedding)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected