middle of the night; dead of night
power; might; authority; influence
peeling; paring; skinning; parer; peeler; paring-knife
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
cross; cross shape; sign of the cross
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
fall; decline; string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt; food offering to the gods; leftovers; leaving (one's master's place for home)
to get tired of eating; to have enough of (a food)
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug
successfully; nicely; (yummy) food; yum-yum
to put on airs; to throw one's weight about; to swagger; to act arrogantly
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
increase in digit (e.g. if we add 2 to the number 9)
to be moved back (e.g. date, rank, order); to be postponed; to be borrowed (of a number in subtraction)
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
running water; flowing water; stream
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
sense of relief; feeling of relief
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement