food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
combination of foods (usu. that do not go well together); dovetailing; fitting together
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
food expenses; cost of one's board
shipworm (esp. naval shipworm, Teredo navalis); teredo
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
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)
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench one's teeth
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)
to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
to bite each other; to fit together; to mutually encroach; to eat together
to bite through; to eat up; to consume entirely
bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food
fair words fill not the belly; food before romance
to eat untidily; to eat a bit of everything; to dabble (in something); to try one's hand at various things
crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis); long-tailed macaque
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum); grain borer; wood borer
insects harmful to pine trees
okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant
in season; at its best; ready for eating
biting one another; long and short market interests
to clench (one's teeth); to bite (one's lip)
New Year food for entertaining a guest served in multilayered lacquered boxes; (arch.) Kansai New Year decoration (made from food)
cassowary (Casuarius spp.)
giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius); secretary bird
crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus)
mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
bean goose (Anser fabalis)
silky anteater (Cyclopes didactylus); pygmy anteater
mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)
bobolink (species of songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorous)
crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous); forest fox; wood fox; common fox
numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus); banded anteater
tarantula (any spider of family Theraphosidae); bird spider (Avicularia avicularia)