polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
period of time; time slot; time zone
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty
to give an impression; to make an impression
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
feeling of fullness; ability of a food to fill you up
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
(sense of) taste; counter for food, drink, medicine, etc.
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to be hesitant; to feel timid
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks