heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
moderation; self-restraint; temperance
running out of energy; running out of strength
farming implement; farm tools
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
curry udon; udon with curry sauce
every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; (lit.) for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop
udon; thick Japanese wheat noodles
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
direct selling; direct sales
nikujaga; meat and potato stew
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
everlasting; inexhaustible
full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables