with meals; meals inclusive
waste land; wilderness; moor; field; plain
monthly installment (instalment); monthly payment
close; intimate; on good terms
all; the whole; on the whole; all in all; generally
anything and everything; just about everything
first prize; gold medal; blue ribbon
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
(security) deposit; caution money
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
Nagasaki prefecture (Kyushu)
to appreciate; to be thankful
frequent; densely packed; thick
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
armor and helmet (armour)
money (given as thanks); reward money; fee; key money; fee paid for rental rights
(clenched) fist; knuckles
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
announcement of time; time signal; news report; newsletter
just a handful; only a small number (of)
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
wall clock; grandfather clock
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
one's circumstances or condition, esp. compared to that of another; coherence (e.g. of a conversation)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character
living by oneself; living alone
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
and; thereupon; because of that
leading person; foremost figure
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by