gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
intestines; bowels; entrails; guts; placenta (of a pumpkin, melon, etc.); fibrous pulp
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
expression; look; countenance; face
experiment; experimentation
parent-child relationship
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
possessed of a strong sense of duty
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
mating; crossbreeding; cross-fertilization; cross-fertilisation
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
10th day of the month; ten days
20th day of the month; 20 days
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
being too late; losing one's final chance
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
pounding (of one's heart); throbbing; thumping; heartily (eating); devouring; munching
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
instead; but (on the other hand)