mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
leaf bud; bud of Japanese pepper tree (Xanthoxylum piperitum)
copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
well-cooked; well-done; browned
Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis)
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
sweet and sour; bittersweet
Cucurbitaceae (gourd family)
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
skin-side (of a fillet of fish)
pleasantly (warm); faintly; lightly; suddenly; unexpectedly; accidentally
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
modesty; humility; being humble
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
training; education; development; cultivation
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
(relating to) gender; sex; sexual
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to affect; to impact; to influence
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
the other day; lately; recently
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows