manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
small pieces; fragments; chopped meat; scraps (of beef, pork, etc.)
mixer (audio, concrete, etc.); blender (usu. countertop)
sieve (for reducing soft solids to a pulp); pressing (food) through a sieve; pureeing (using a sieve)
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
hermit crab; renting a house; tenant; renter
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
shrimp (infraorder Caridea); small shrimp, prawn or lobster
kuruma prawn (Marsupenaeus japonicus); kuruma shrimp; Japanese tiger prawn
liking very much; loving (something or someone); adoring; being very fond of
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
imitation crab meat; crab sticks
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
Darwin (Australia); Darwin (Charles)
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
head; brains; intellect; understanding
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
brightly colored; vivid; colorful; colourful; brilliant; radiant
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place