to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
favourite horse; favorite horse
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
living by oneself; living alone
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
surrounding at a distance
emergency food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
to distribute emergency rice
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
here and there; everywhere
comparatively high; fairly expensive
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
brothers (usu. in company, etc. names)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
group; party; team; squad; section
rope; cord; policeman's rope
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to degenerate; to lapse into
looking depressed; long face
being left out; being ostracized
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
retreating figure; appearance from behind