cold vegetable hors d'oeuvres in Chinese cuisine
sake made without added alcohol or sugar
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
brand; make; description; trading name of stocks and securities
dry taste (e.g. sake, wine); a liking for sake; one who likes sake; salty (taste); harsh; scathing
gourmandism; gourmet; gourmand; foodie
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
catalog; catalogue; inventory; menu
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
stranger; tramp; wanderer
marine plant; seagrass; seaweed
(sliced and) pickled octopus
to take shape; to look good enough to be shown publicly
feigning ignorance; acting dumb
(distant) howling; backbiting
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to summon; to get used to call
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
in loud gulps (esp. of alcohol)
possessing (what is required); having; fulfilling (conditions); satisfying (requisites); being endowed with
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre; mobile; nimble; agile
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to be too numerous; to be too much
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer