soba with onion and fried bean curd

soon after one has gone to asleep / just before going to bed / on the threshold of *one's sleep / just when *one has fallen asleep

spring

become distorted / get warped / become perverse

squeak

squeak

utter a squeak / squeak

utter a squeak / squeak

(of the way in which one speaks) persistently / (of the way in which one speaks) in an irritating manner / (of the way in which one speaks) in a nagging manner / (of the way in which one speaks) in a pushy manner / (of the way in which one speaks) insistently

be gummy / be sticky / be tacky / be gooey / be glutinous