watermelon splitting (game)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
spring cicada (Terpnosia vacua)
construction; architecture (of buildings)
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
ordinary citizen; the general public
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
phala (attained state, result); enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice); fruit; counter for pieces of fruit
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
scallion; shallot; green onion; spring onion
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank
leaving everything up to someone else
sudden, wide-spread drop in prices
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
organically produced vegetables
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
cell; cell (in an organization, esp. a communist party)
malignant (cancer); virulent; pernicious (anemia, anaemia)
reactive oxygen (i.e. free radicals, which can be destructive at high concentrations)
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
freckles; buckwheat chaff
blood formation; hematopoiesis; haematopoiesis; hemopoiesis; haemopoiesis; hematosis
action; operation; effect; function