(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order
coffee jelly; coffee jello; gelled sweetened coffee dessert
espresso (coffee); expresso
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
light blue; pale blue; aqua
human relations; humanity
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
late-growing rice; late-ripening crops; late-blooming flowers; late developer (e.g. child who reaches puberty late); late bloomer
countermeasure; counter-measure
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
to rest one's chin in one's hands
thick noodles; thick pasta
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article; single item out of a set; one item from a set
party given in recognition of a person's services
contrast; juxtaposition; comparison; correlation (of strata)
committing (oneself to); commitment; involvement; commit (data management, version control)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
attendance; presence and absence; attendance and non-attendance
calm; composed; self-possessed; firm
head; chief; chairman; governor; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
sitting down; sitting up; sit!
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
fee paid to performing artists, etc.; appearance fee
promotion; raising of status
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
guess; speculation; supposition