rapid weight loss; extreme thinning
sea breeze; salty wind; briny air
mountain hunt; combing the mountains (for a criminal, etc.)
hunting gun (usu. shotgun or rifle)
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
hot and humid; muggy; sultry
natural food; health food
basic principle; fundamental principle
gathering edible wild plants
seven autumnal flowers (bush clover, Chinese silvergrass, kudzu, fringed pink, golden lace, thoroughwort, and balloon flower)
seven vernal flowers (Java water dropwort, shepherd's purse, Jersey cudweed, common chickweed, Japanese nipplewort, turnip, and daikon)
the seven spring flowers; the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers; the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs
toadstool; poisonous mushroom
several types; several kinds; several species
(common) millet (Panicum miliaceum); proso millet
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank; enokitake; enokidake
leaf (of a tree); tree leaves; foliage
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to yield to temptation; to succumb
root crops; root vegetables
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum)
hornet; yellow jacket; wasp (of subfamily Vespinae); Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia); yak-killer hornet
wasp larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps; used as food); bee larva; hornet larva
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
to make one's way into; to push one's way into; to force one's way though; to push through
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
teahouse that sells fruit (or serves fruitcake, etc.)
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection