one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
thin person who eats a lot; big eater who stays thin
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
one cause; one reason; one factor
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
O-Bon; Obon; Bon Festival; tray
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to have meaning; to be meaningful
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
bento; Japanese box lunch
retort; sealed plastic pouch typically containing ready-made sauce or stew; boil-in-the-bag; retort; glass vessel used for distillation (now largely obs.)
taste; palate; sense of taste
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
infancy; childhood; tender age
paste (food, text, adhesive, etc.)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
interior; inside; internal
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation