rural beauty; rusticity; rustic beauty
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
technique; art; skill; move
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
absorption; suction; attraction