typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
model; (good) example; exemplar; model handwriting; model drawing; copybook
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
fashionable; stylish; chic
(unfolded) thin sheet of paper; 200-character writing paper; paper money; note
archipelago; group of islands
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key point; main point; weakling
to grab at; to clutch; to grapple with
move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
certainly; surely; definitely; (lit.) 120 percent
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
favourable; favorable; promising; satisfactory; in good shape
Szechuan cuisine; Sichuan cuisine
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
computer output microfilm system; COM
machine; race car; racing motorcycle
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis); maiden grass; susuki grass
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish
deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths
look!; there!; here!; that is
caustic words; defiant words
(standing) straight; (extending) flatly; with a snap; abruptly; sticking into (with a quick motion); attaching
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
bang bang chicken (Szechuan dish of chicken in a spicy sauce)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
wrasse (any fish of family Labridae)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
simmer; bubble out; flow out