aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; charm; appeal
parched flour, esp. barley
flour; meal; powder; dust
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
pre-war days; before the war
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
originally; by nature; from the start
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
sudden change; complete change
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
self-justification; excuse
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep