apple core; core of an apple
goma tofu; tofu-like dish made with ground sesame paste
Alpine leek (Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum)
mochi soaked in water (to protect against mold); rice cakes preserved in water
Common Business Oriented Language; COBOL
to be eloquent; to have a way with words
to take root; to strike root
queen cell (of a beehive); royal cell
squeezed juice (e.g. of a lemon)
royal jelly (beekeeping, apiculture)
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
to blow out; to spout out
(food that meets one's) taste; treatment
seller; selling side; method of selling; art of selling
oldest mankind (e.g. evidence of)
removal of astringent taste (e.g. by cooking)
creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
excess personnel; redundant staff
to be out of; to have no more at hand
fibrous; filamentous; fibrillary; fibriform
movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
wintering; passing the winter
endocrine; incretion; internal secretion
cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced; inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies
complete lie; outright lie
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea); cowberry
to adorn; to decorate; to dress up; to build up
freshly squeezed (juice); freshly milked; freshly extracted
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
temporary; ad hoc; makeshift; stopgap
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other