above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
gradually (progressing); steadily; slowly; seeping out (sweat, tears, etc.)
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
bashfulness; shyness; (showing) signs of embarrassment
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
what kind of business; what sort of matter
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
height (of body); stature
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
humming a tune; humming unconcernedly
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to ask a question; to ask questions
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
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
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
to become empty; to be emptied
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly