meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
pickling in salt; food preserved in salt; holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
time; season; period; phase; stage
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
(death from) starvation; starving to death
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
distribution (e.g. films, rice); rationing (e.g. food, gasoline); food ration
to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)
competent; suitable; qualified
royal capital; imperial capital
executive officer; administrative official
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to screw up (one's face); to scrunch up; to pucker up; to furrow (one's brow); to wrinkle
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing