onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
baked sweet goods (e.g. Danish pastry, melon bread); sweet pastry; sweet bread
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
that's the way it is; such is life
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
light; right; right field; right fielder
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
electricity; (electric) light
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
to come to an end; to close the curtain
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
sympathy; compassion; pity
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
level; even; flat; uneventful; peaceful; monotonous
to trample flat; to beat a path
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency