to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
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 bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
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 bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
eating; bite (in fishing)
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
cannibalism; biting (someone); man-eating (e.g. tiger); cannibalistic
to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp
to devour; to bite to death
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
food and drink; eating and drinking
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)
to eat up; to consume (completely)
to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
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)
interrupting (someone speaking); butting in; cutting in
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
without eating or drinking
food expenses; cost of one's board
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
leaving a restaurant without paying; dine and dash; bilking
to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to ration out and survive on (some food); to eke out a living
to eat too much; to overeat
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
being attracted by physical looks only; person who puts much store by good looks
to go broke; to be reduced to poverty; to be driven to destitution
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
I'm stuffed; that was good; what a meal
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
disliking a certain food without having tried it; disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
to bite each other; to fit together; to mutually encroach; to eat together
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
once you've committed a crime, commit to it; in for a penny, in for a pound; (lit.) if you've eaten poison, (lick) the plate
to be stranded; to be forced to stay; to be obliged to stay
to loiter (on the way); to waste time
to live together; to be close friends; (lit.) to eat out of the same pot
money loser; high-cost, low-return project
like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)
digging into (e.g. one's skin); cutting into; inroads (e.g. into a market); encroachment (e.g. on territory); deficit; loss
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistence
to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone
to grow older (than expected); to advance in age
to grow older (than expected); to advance in age
to bite through; to eat up; to consume entirely
to be gluttonous; to be greedy; to be voracious; to eat like a horse
not eating enough; unsatisfied; dissatisfied with; leaving something to be desired
if man will not work, he shall not eat; no work, no play
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
fair words fill not the belly; food before romance
combination of foods (usu. that do not go well together); dovetailing; fitting together
it is shameful to reject the advances of a woman; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; (lit.) not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
bringing ruin upon oneself by extravagance in food
to be struck by a chance blow; to be embroiled in; to be caught up in; to be dragged into
to eat untidily; to eat a bit of everything; to dabble (in something); to try one's hand at various things
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; (lit.) not even a dog will eat (it)
it is shameful to reject the advances of a woman; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; (lit.) not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
stuffing oneself with food; eating enough to go without food for some time
game in which a dangling piece of bread is grabbed in the mouth and raced to the finish line (in school sports festivals)
some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste
eating like a dog; eating greedily with one's head down; sloppy eating; (arch.) dogfighting
the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!
to depend on someone for food and lodging; to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position
to go on waiting only to be disappointed; to wait in vain
fake; sham; counterfeit; impostor; cheat; hypocrite
hanger-on; dependent; someone who is received coldly; third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate)
losing one's means of livelihood; suspension of a samurai's annual rice stipend; fish swimming upwards after biting a fishhook
losing one's means of livelihood
to suffer a blast or indirect blow; to be subject to the surplus force of an impetus
I am not going to fall for that trick; that trick won't work on me
to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone
shrewd; smart (and wide-awake); inedible; uneatable; unable to support oneself; unable to keep body and soul together
to live on air; to live on nothing; to live without a means of income
man-eating shark (esp. great white shark)
to be thrown in jail; to be locked up; to be put in the slammer; to be burdened with (e.g. someone else's debt); to be saddled with; to be stuck with
okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant
to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food
money-eating; expensive; extravagant
one should not get involved in a marital quarrel
to bilk; to eat up one's fortune
to run through one's fortune (in idleness)
losing one's means of livelihood
to get to the heart of the matter; to get to the core; to hit (a ball) with the sweet spot (of a golf club, baseball bat, etc.)
to make a hasty escape; to flee helter-skelter
fish biting (striking, taking bait)
seductress; coquette; minx
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
insects harmful to pine trees
to have the tables turned on one
tanyao with open melds (not allowed in some rules); open tanyao
womanizer; philanderer; playboy
to be betrayed unexpectedly; to be stabbed in the back; to be double-crossed
to angrily reject; to snub; to give a person a good scolding; to give a person a rap on the knuckles
don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility)
to keep alive on; to stretch food to make ends meet
okuizome; weaning ceremony; ritual meal for a 100-day old infant
arrogant; insolent; disdainful
rice weevil; good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat
in season; at its best; ready for eating
honey is sweet, but the bee stings; (lit.) I want to eat fugu, (but) I value my life
to nibble at; to have a smattering of knowledge
to be tasty; to be worth eating; to be able to subsist; to be able to make a living; to be edible
crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis); long-tailed macaque
bark beetle (Scolytidae spp.); gribble (Limnoria lignorum); grain borer; wood borer
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe
untroubled; unworried; unaffected
eating a lot, drinking a lot, and on top of that, eating mochi
biting one another; long and short market interests
financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka)
to catch and eat; to bite (and kill)
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
to be eaten; to be bitten (e.g. by bugs); to be outdone; to be upstaged
to clench (one's teeth); to bite (one's lip)
too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man
don't judge a book by its cover
don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); (lit.) if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
to dodge (an attack, question, etc.); to sidestep; to evade
to retort; to turn the tables (on someone)
New Year food for entertaining a guest served in multilayered lacquered boxes; (arch.) Kansai New Year decoration (made from food)
Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla); Wilson's blackcap
missing a meal; losing means to make one's livelihood
to be scolded (mainly used theatrically)
one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; (lit.) one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it
person who hogs food; glutton
cassowary (Casuarius spp.)
giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
night-scented lily (Alocasia odora); giant upright elephant ear
tarantula (any spider of family Theraphosidae); bird spider (Avicularia avicularia)
superb blue-wren (Malurus cyaneus); superb fairywren; blue wren
fisherman bat (Noctilionidae spp.); bulldog bat
horse that bites people; biter