unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
Japanese pepper (species of Sichuan pepper, Zanthoxylum piperitum); Japanese prickly ash
hot taste; sharp taste; pungent taste; salty taste
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
assertion; declaration; affirmation
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
red bean paste; red bean jam; kudzu sauce; filling (of a dumpling, etc.); filling; stuffing
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
hostility; animosity; enmity
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
presence (impressive quality)
silence; stillness; quietness
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
poor physical health; bad shape
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
unexpected meeting; coincidence
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
exactly as stated; verbatim
these guys; these fellows
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)