ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
almost; roughly; approximately
scissors (in rock-paper-scissors)
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
reproachful; hateful; bitter
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
chomping; gulping; with a big bite
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
handsome man; actor in a love scene
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to jump up and down; to hop
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
to relapse; to reassert; to review