cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
softish; relatively soft; somewhat soft; on the soft side
half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled; half-ripe; unripe
capsicum (Capsicum annuum, esp. the cultivated chili peppers); chili pepper (chile, chilli); cayenne; shichimi pepper
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
general public; the masses
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
regulation; adjustment; control
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
sullenly; discontentedly; silently (in a bad mood); grumpily; with hurt feelings
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
deep place; depths; depth; profundity
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to feel that something is true or actually happening; to hit one (realization, thought); to sink in
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
contrived; false-sounding
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
forcibly; by force; against one's will
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)