the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame); (meal of) five dishes
one-plate meal; simple meal; austerity diet
to stop; to halt; to have (someone) stay; to put up (a guest); to fasten; to pin
salted rice-bran paste for pickling
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
come on; hurry up; chop chop; yeah; that's right; exactly
recommendation (of an influential person); order
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
cooking; food preparation
fire in the neighborhood; fire in the neighbourhood
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
how far; to what extent; up to what point
tasting; relishing; savouring; appreciation; enjoyment
falling asleep; going to sleep
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
peacefully (sleeping); quietly; soundly
breathing of a sleeping person
brothers and sisters; siblings; half-siblings; step-siblings; mate; friend
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
residence; living (at, in); abode
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
meditation; silent contemplation
resembling ...; having the traits or characteristics of ...; -looking; with a ...-like expression; with an air of ...
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
permission; approval; authorization; license