to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having swallowed a bitter bug
height (of body); stature
don't worry; no worries; never mind
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
just because; even if; even though
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
longan (Euphoria longana)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
dragon god; dragon king; naga
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
to be photographed; to be projected
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to strangle; to constrict