wheat; barley; oat (oats)
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly
to bolt down (food); to gulp down; to shovel (into one's mouth)
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
devotion; attachment; obsession; infatuation; (romantic) obsession
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
that's got nothing to do with me; that's none of my business; that doesn't involve me
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
prospects of victory; chances of success
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
kind; sort; species; species
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
immediately; right away; on the spot
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation