very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
who cares?; I don't give a damn; what does it matter?
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
cheekbone; zygomatic bone; malar bone
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene; ABS resin
grater (esp. the variety used in Japanese cooking to grate foods very finely)
to scrape off; to shave off
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
it serves you (him) right; it's what you (he) deserves
impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
without thinking of the consequences
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
heat-resistant glass (e.g. Pyrex); refractory glass
to crack; to get cracked; to develop a crack; to develop a fissure
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
(eating or drinking) to one's heart's content
strong person; person putting on a brave front; bamboo tube with holes drilled in it (used as a stand for kitchen utensils, fans, etc.); checks; plaid
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going