yum cha; eating snacks (esp. dim sum) with tea
colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
origin; beginning; source; rise
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
deep; profound; complicated; advanced; impenetrable
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
that is to say; so that means
impassioned speech; fervent speech
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
protest; refutation; pleading
moron; idiot; stupid person
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
all present; all concerned; all of us
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
at that time; in those days
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days