to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
piece; fragment; one (object)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
interruption; suspension; break
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
will (probably); intend (to do); will; should; ought to
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
individual plate; single individual's small dish on which food taken from shared serving dishes is placed
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
manners; behavior; behaviour
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
dining; dining room; meal
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
wild beast; wild animal; brute
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat