buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
back off!; leave me alone!
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
absorption; suction; attraction
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
laxative; purgative; evacuant
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
in contrast to (one's, its) appearance
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
item; commodity; list of articles
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
hives; nettle rash; urticaria
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to poison (e.g. food, drink); to administer poison
nervousness; oversensitivity
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
other than; excluding; without
daily food; regular diet; staple food
riskiness; (level of) danger
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
behind; in the rear; in back
to dry up completely; to become stale
reason; cause; circumstances
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration