Vocabulary

to fade in color; to fade in colour

to go around spreading (news, rumors, etc.); to cry about; to circulate; to broadcast

to profess to be; to pass oneself off (as); to advertise oneself (as)

(tactile) feel

catalytic action; catalysis

glutton; gourmand

missing a meal; losing means to make one's livelihood

to miss a meal

appetite

to go broke; to be reduced to poverty; to be driven to destitution

to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to devour; to wolf down

to clench

to devour; to bite to death

to eat untidily

to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely

to bilk; to eat up one's fortune

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble

shrewd; smart (and wide-awake); cunning; crafty

to eat a bit of everything

difficult to eat; unpalatable

eatery; restaurant

all-you-can-eat; eating as much as one likes

way of eating; how to eat

to protrude; to stick out; to jut out; to hang out; to bulge out

to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)

etching

to have an itch to; to have a craving for; to have an urge to; to have a desire for; to be eager to; to want to

with meals included

dining car

dietary fiber; dietary fibre

food assistance

food distribution

food shortage

to humiliate; to disgrace; to put to shame; to insult

promiscuous woman; wanton girl

shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player

rising intonation; upward inflection

to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone)

to rise (to a high position); to work one's way up; to push one's way up; to be promoted

to promote; to make richer