sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
great burdock (Arctium lappa); gobo
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
Japanese common squid; Pacific flying squid (Todarodes pacificus)
righteye flounder (any fish of family Pleuronectidae)
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
nowadays; in this day and age
timewise; temporal; chronal
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to feel; to sense; to experience
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
very popular; highly favoured
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
(department) store; (department) stores
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
notice; attention; observation