food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
ceremonious; unduly distant (e.g. towards a friend); overly formal; reserved
deceased; late; dead; departed
justice; fairness; impartiality
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
absorption; suction; attraction
firmly rooted; deep-seated
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
to be inherent (in); to reside (in); to be immanent (in); immanence
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
distaste; unsavoriness; unsavouriness
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount
symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
paste; glue; clothing starch
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
bad smell; affectation; fulsomeness
dried-out; dry (e.g. hair); stale (bread)
medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)
bad cooking; bad food; sadness at seeing the happiness of others
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
in that way; like that; that way
to be harvested; to be picked; to be able to harvest; to be able to pick
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
constant; invariable; chronic; everlasting
import; importation; introduction; afferent
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability