potato (Solanum tuberosum)
range; stove; cooker; microwave oven
Japanese person; Japanese people
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
flat-tasting; bland; lacking in flavor; dull; flat; unimaginative
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
(it was) not until; (it was) only when
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
common knowledge; well-known fact
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
period of time; time slot; time zone
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
Manchu-Han Imperial Feast; three-day feast of Chinese delicacies held during the Qing dynasty
to give an impression; to make an impression
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust