abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland
deserted village; poor village
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
gourmet food; delicious food; dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
hair color; hair colour; fur color; disposition; type; kind
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
malnutrition; malnourishment
power of money; financial influence
annotation; explanatory note; comment
addition; increase; Canada
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
moment by moment; hour by hour
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
extremely; terrifically; super
defense; defence; protection
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
appointment; assignment; promotion
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
weakening; emaciation; decline
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
Fabaceae (pea family of plants)