to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
at least; at most; (even) just
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
Western food; Western-style food
feeling; sense; impression
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
imagination; supposition; guess
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
chicken and vegetable stew with bechamel sauce or fresh cream
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to