gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
(table) napkin; serviette; sanitary napkin; sanitary pad
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not
proposition; thesis; notion; problem; issue; challenge
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
evaluation on an absolute scale
relative evaluation; comparative assessment
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
way of talking; speaking style
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
sense of relief; feeling of relief
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
rampancy; prevalence; domination