stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
never mind!; don't worry about it
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
transactions; dealings; business
to respond; to answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
third grade; third class; tertiary
weave; weaving; woven item
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
cloth; fabric; material; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to pierce through; to break through
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
influence; effect; impact
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
good-for-nothing; useless; worthless
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense