trade sample; product sample
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
scrap of cloth; odds and ends
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
all sorts of; various; miscellaneous; motley
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
to multiply; to crossbreed; to cross-breed; to mix (e.g. paint colours)
Greenery Day (national holiday; May 4)
expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched
ventilator; ventilating device
related article; related story
to form a pair; to pair up
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
to brave a danger; to take a risk
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
antiquity; the previous era