hardships; privations; difficulties
semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light
to (a place); until (a time)
regular script (of Chinese characters); square style; block style; Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
serial; cereal; breakfast cereal
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
court lady; lady-in-waiting
muddy water; red-light district
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to swell; to become swollen; to become puffy (e.g. face from lack of sleep); to become bloated (esp. from fluid retention)
to be busy at work; to work diligently
lack of sleep; insufficient sleep
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
wearing one's hair in braids
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
(shopping) cart; kart; go-kart
ignorance; inexperience; unfamiliarity
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
speech; expression; wording; language
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
the lower classes; the common people
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
back off!; leave me alone!
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)