eating strange food; eating bizarre things; simple diet; plain food; eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
extermination; expulsion; destruction
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
fluorescent color; fluorescent colour
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
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
clear; precise; definite; distinct
sense of smell; olfaction
(electric) potential difference
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
last ray of hope; only hope
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
because of; owing to; due to
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
crossly; angrily; strongly smelling; reeking
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
mottled pattern; patchy pattern
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
predation; eating prey; preying upon