reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
riverside; edge of a river
to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
the proof of the pudding is in the eating; (lit.) evidence is better than debate
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
the touch of; feel of; texture
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
on one hand; on the other hand
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
relatively; comparatively
to beat (e.g. eggs); to whip (e.g. cream); to whisk; to lather
shear (wind, fluids); chicken gizzard
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
seemingly good; (of) good appearance; looking good
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over
unexpected; unforeseen; strange