state religion; official religion; established religion
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
food self-sufficiency rate
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
shellfish; seashell; shell
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
another kind; different kind; distinct species
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to be too numerous; to be too much
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
weather; fair weather; fine weather
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
home area; home town; local
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
after many twists and turns; after much trouble
softly; mildly; gently; politely
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
constitutional; relating to character, structure, nature, etc.
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from