wheat; barley; oat (oats)
flour; meal; powder; dust
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
Japanese person; Japanese people
malnutrition; malnourishment
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
person who is ...; thing that is ...
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end
way; method; means; resource; course
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
calamity; disaster; accident
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
rice polishing; polished rice
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
New Year's Eve; end of the year
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
because; the reason why is
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
agricultural community; farm village; rural