accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
being good at cooking; good cook
meat dish; meat-based cuisine
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
passive; negative; depolarization; cathode
to be too numerous; to be too much
very hungry; starving; ravenous
simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance; vulgar; lowbrow; indecent
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
hut; house; boarding house; residence hall; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
heap; pile; stack; full measure
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
canned meal (e.g. military ration)
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
mountain hut (esp. one that offers lodging to climbers and hikers); mountain cottage; mountain shanty
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
reading partway; leaving half-read
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
moment to quit; way to quit
all you have to do is; just; that's all
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
absorption; suction; attraction
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon
dish dressed with sesame sauce
kinpira gobō; braised burdock root; chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
sawara cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera)
saikyo-yaki; fish slices pickled overnight in white miso, then grilled
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
poor excuse (of a); nearly non-existent; barely sufficient; token (effort, etc.); symbolic
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)