confections; sweets; candy; cake
supreme; greatest; highest; best
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
Chinese rice; foreign rice
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
rolled barley; rolled oats
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
to mix; to stir; to blend
austerity; voluntary privation
determination; resolution
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
serving (of food); helping; chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
thousand years; thousand generations; thousand ages; eternity
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
infant (below 1 year old); suckling baby
Jin dynasty (of China; 265-420 CE); Chin dynasty
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
sewing; tailoring; newly tailored clothes
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
late at night; at a late hour
to work hard; to be diligent; to do one's best; to try one's hardest; to exert oneself
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
being elected; winning a prize (in a lottery, raffle, etc.); being selected (for a prize, etc.)
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)