Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
to pick up; to find; to gather
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea
simmering; (boiling) gently
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
drying place; drying ground
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
day of month; counter for days
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
being somewhat excited (agitated)
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries; MAFF
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
senior high school; high school
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
classification; categorization; sorting
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...