pain de campagne; French sourdough
dry; dried out; juiceless; barely; just
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode
to knead thoroughly; to work up; to concoct; to make up
standing firm; holding out
loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
famous (commercial) establishment; well-known store (shop, restaurant)
leader; magnate; big head
French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
such; like that; in that way
peace at any price (attitude); peace idiot; peace senility; complacency about peace
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre