Chinese cooking; Chinese food
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to dress (e.g. a salad); to toss (in a sauce or dressing)
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
mixer (audio, concrete, etc.); blender (usu. countertop)
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
wasabi (Wasabia japonica); Japanese horseradish; horseradish (or any blend of wasabi and horseradish)
with a sting; with a tingle; nervously; tensely; with a rip; with a ripping sound
feel on the tongue (of food or drink); texture
texture (e.g. chewiness, hardness, crispiness, crunchiness, etc.) of food
crisp; crunchy; precise; clipped; brisk
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
phenomime; mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner that does not make a sound (e.g. "damp", "calmly")
sense of touch; tactile; haptic; hair style with long bangs
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
slimy; slippery; greasy; smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
stickily; gooily; syrupily
with a rustling sound; rippling (of a stream, etc.); murmuring; slurping down (ochazuke); quickly and easily (e.g. write a letter); with ease
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
rainy; showery; inclement
climate and natural features (of a region)
sea bream (esp. Pagrus major); porgy
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
forgetting; lapse of memory
farming; agriculture; cultivation
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
one's specialty; one's forte; specialty of a kabuki school
to be oppressed by heat; to swelter; to boil; to seethe
with people jostling against one another; teeming; heaving; jam-packed
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder