garnish (e.g. vegetables with a meat dish); trimmings; fixings; relish
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
bento; Japanese box lunch
fancy restaurant; expensive restaurant
high and low; rise and fall
difference; variation; difference
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
hell on earth; living hell
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to take back; to recapture
to be greedy; to devour greedily
one grain; one drop; one bead
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of
to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
swigging; gulping down; guzzling; quaffing