yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
your husband; her husband
apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)
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fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
businessman; businesswoman; person with a head for business; skilled businessperson; experienced businessperson
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
using one's arm as a pillow; resting one's head on one's arm
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze; chain-link mesh; chicken wire
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
(opening of a) wound; cut
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)