(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
competing; competition; auction
many; numerous; various; large number of
binge eating; stress eating
very hungry; starving; ravenous
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 shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to crack (an egg, etc.) into a container
pot; (arch.) typical name for a female servant in the Edo-period; working at night; female with symptoms of gender identity disorder (e.g. a transvestite)
bell pepper; green pepper; pimiento; pimento; capsicum
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
preliminary arrangements; spade work
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
to be embarrassed; to lose face
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
click-clack; clickety-click; clicking sound; clattering sound
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind