tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
rice cracker; senbei; Japanese cracker; rice cookie; wafer
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
jitte; short truncheon with a hook made of metal or wood (used by policemen and private thief-takers in Edo Japan)
trembling from fear; trembling all over
for shame!; shame on you!; shame!
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
all night long; all through the night
exclusive; attached to; specialist
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
Hellin; Ellin; Elyn; Erin
elevation; height above sea level
like that; that way; thus
crop diversification; crop rotation; change of crops
to take turns doing; to do in rotation
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
leaving everything up to someone else
place of residence; dwelling place
nocturnality; nocturnal habits
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to come from; to have roots in
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)