(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
indirect kiss (e.g. drinking from a cup someone has just used)
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
indirection; indirectness
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
flood of emotions; many thoughts
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
fire pan; heating; first lighting (e.g. furnace); firing (e.g. forest); pasteurization
schoolchild without lunch
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
sampling food; tasting; trying
triangle; triangular shape
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
way of eating; how to eat
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
sense of touch; sense of being touched; tactile sense
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
one eye; one of one's eyes
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust