medium-sized portion; normal serving
Tyrian purple; royal purple
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)
towel rack; towel rail; towel bar; towel ring
there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have; nonexistent; not in one's possession
English mastiff (dog breed); mastiff (dog type)
desirable prey; easy game; easy mark; easy prey; easy target
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
to cover with plastic wrap (e.g. food)
private junior high school
quotation source; citation source; reference source
I couldn't care less; not caring less
a little tight; a little snug; a little strong; a little harsh
(death from) starvation; starving to death
ages; long time; decade; ten years (ago)
food steam-boiled in an earthenware teapot
intropunitive; tending to blame oneself (rather than others)
to have a smattering knowledge of
to differentiate; to segregate
touching; moving (to tears)
soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
(mixture of) ground beef and pork
missing an opportunity; opportunity loss
rough estimate; sloppy accounting; slapdash bookkeeping