(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
second; number two; runner-up
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
rice polishing; polished rice
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
way of eating; how to eat
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
race (of people); type of person
yellow race; Mongoloid race
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
even if not; even without
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
trial product; prototype model
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
comparatively; relatively
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight