Tabasco; jalapeno sauce; pepper sauce
8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to make a fool of someone
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to scatter away; to vanish
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to say; to be called; to do
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
two persons; two people; pair; couple
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)
welcome!; nice to see you!
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
head; brains; intellect; understanding
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to