I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
century egg; thousand-year old egg; hundred-year old egg; preserved egg (Chinese delicacy)
Chinese cooking; Chinese food
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
storage; preservation; stocking; hoarding (of goods or money without productive use)
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
remarkable; striking; obvious
to demand money; to pester; to extort
pointing up; pointing upward; upturn; uptrend; upward tendency
joints; points (of a speech)
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
keep up your strength; chin up!
calculator (electronic); pocket calculator
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
out of range; outside the limits (of ...); outside (a) range; outside the scope
with a screech; with a whine; with a shrill; with a sharp pain (in the head or teeth after eating or drinking something cold); getting a brain freeze
soft; software; soft hat; felt hat; soft serve ice cream; softball
to run past; to run by; to go too far ahead
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin