food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to chase; to run after; to pursue
I see; that's right; indeed
perception; sensing; noticing
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
book; volume; this; present; main; head
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
carelessly (throwing, tossing, etc.); nonchalantly; casually
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
disorder; chaos; confusion
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
everyday life; daily life
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
good-quality; superior in quality
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
to be found; to be discovered
at least; at most; (even) just
glass bottle; glass jar; phial; vial
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
bottle of perfume (scent)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only