(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
rotary cutting; thinly slicing into a long strip (e.g. daikon, carrot, wood for plywood, etc.)
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
nutritional value; food value
(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress
mountain climber; mountaineer
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
retort (vessel used for distillation); retort (airtight vessel used to heat and sterilize canned or retort-pouch food)
convenience store lunch box
ready-made; common-law (wife)
health management; health maintenance; health care
seasoning; flavour; flavor
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
tone deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; having no sense of (e.g. direction); being hopeless when it comes to (e.g. computers); -illiterate
to be boiled; to be cooked
dish towel; tea towel; dishcloth
military conflict; armed conflict
the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); five great wisdom kings
each state; each province; each county
area; region; district; locality
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
burying in the ground; having underground deposits
border area; border zone; borderland
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
molecule; numerator; element (of a group); member; particle
minority ethnic group; ethnic minority; minority race
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
simmering; (boiling) gently