regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
general; popular; common; typical
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
23rd day of the month; 23 days
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
main cause; primary factor
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
extended-play (record); EP; European plan; European Parliament
carcinogenesis; oncogenesis
Japanese food; Japanese meal
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
World Health Organization; WHO
World Health Organization; WHO
smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked
pickling in salt; food preserved in salt; holding on to (shares, land, etc.) for an extended period until its value increases; leaving unsold; leaving unused
intake (nutrients, calories, etc.); intake amount
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
Nippon Ham (meat packing firm)
company president; manager; director
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable