discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
every person; every mouth; every entrance
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
drama; play; powerful drug
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
shop; small store; business; firm
smart; clever; agile; nimble; quick
latent disposition; inner feelings
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
to chant (repeat) the name of Buddha
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
bashing; fierce criticism; busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
Arabian Nights; One Thousand and One Nights
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture