salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
general; popular; common; typical
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
main cause; primary factor
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
extended-play (record); EP; European plan; European Parliament
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
Japanese food; Japanese meal
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
World Health Organization (Organisation); WHO
smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
intake (nutrients, calories, etc.); intake amount
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
Nippon Ham(Japanese meat packing firm); Nippon Meat Packers Inc.; Nipponham group
company president; manager; director
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
Japanese food; Japanese-style meal; Japanese cuisine
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)