village; hamlet; countryside; country
newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance
your husband; her husband
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
river; stream; River; the ... river
factory; plant; mill; workshop
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
and; thereupon; because of that
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
attraction; lure; invitation
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
before the week is out; before the week is over; within the week; sometime this week
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away