from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
bolt from the blue; great surprise
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
moderate; proper; just right
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
finely chopped katsuobushi, sometimes with soy sauce
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
dish dressed with sesame sauce
bento; Japanese box lunch
walk; walking; (arch.) foot messenger (of a town, village, etc.)
packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
ostrich (Struthio camelus)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; letting (a dog) run loose; letting (a child) run free
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
un-; non-; bad ...; poor ...