colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
encouragement; cheering (someone) up; restoring (someone) to consciousness; bringing (someone) around; restorative; stimulant
must arrive (no later than; e.g. of an application); must be received; must be delivered; must wear (e.g. a seatbelt); must have on
entry (in a form, register, diary, etc.); filling in; filling out
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
epidemic; plague; pestilence
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
the reality always falls short of the fame; (lit.) local specialties rarely taste good
warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance
to dry out; to become dry (and brittle); to go stale
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
talk; recital; narration; topic
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
to meet someone by chance; to happen upon
boasting of one's strength
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
at the mercy of (something or someone)
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; helpless; powerless
to drive (someone) out by bullying them; to bully (someone) into leaving; to treat (someone) so badly that they leave
moment; brief space of time
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away