promising; hopeful; full of promise
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green; recruiting of university students before the agreed date
case (container); case (instance, situation); case
number of (large) animals
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
including ...; inclusive of ...; bundling together (items of different size, quality, etc.); lumping together; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second
to become better; to improve
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
fried chicken (esp. American-style)
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
deep-frying food lightly coated in flour or potato starch; deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
Chinese-style fried chicken topped with chopped scallions and sweet vinegar and soy sauce
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
might as well; sure, why not; why not use this occasion to ...
connection; link; relationship
babaocai; eight-treasure vegetables
to dry (up); to become parched; to ebb; to recede
roasting; grilling; tempering (in metallurgy); -ware; porcelain
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried
both; both sides; both parties
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
to cover (with); to smear; to sprinkle
to deep-fry; to make deep-fried food; to launch (fireworks, etc.); to hoist (e.g. a flag); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to call in
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
mirin; type of sweet rice wine used in cooking
to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount
potato starch; starch of dogtooth violet
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while