nausea; feeling like throwing up; feeling sick
to tell (on someone); to tattle; to snitch
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment)
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
consumption; expenditure; spending
to say; to be called; to do
spot check; snap inspection; surprise test
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
three times; thrice; third (interval)
mochi; small rice cake made from glutinous rice
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
clear; precise; definite; distinct
place to put something; storage space
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
producer; grower; maker; producer (in a food chain)
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
spraying of agrochemicals; pesticide spraying; crop-dusting
date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours
having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
organic agriculture (farming)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to enter; to go into; to meddle (in); to interfere (in); to go deeply (into an issue); to delve deeper (into)
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
end; close; conclusion; termination
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
in the future; another day; later
the person in question; the person themselves; said person