feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
southern part; the south (of a region)
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to use abusive language; to curse; to call someone names
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation
nature; property; disposition
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
tall building; high-rise building
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
(social) class; rank; grade
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
income; receipts; revenue
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth
system; institution; organization; organisation
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
all (there is); as long as there is
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to be discouraged; to shrink from
potato (Solanum tuberosum)