salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash
napa cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis); nappa cabbage; Chinese cabbage
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
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
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar
you've hit the nail on the head; that's just what I thought; that's exactly like I feel; that's exactly what I think, too
muddy water; red-light district
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
aimlessly; unexpectedly (showing up); slowly swaying; staggering; moving feebly
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
the senses; sensuality; carnality
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface
lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
first come, first served; the early bird catches the worm
to foreshadow; to drop a hint (of things to come); to take precautionary measures; to make contingency plans
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
back of a stone monument; inscription on the back of a stone monument
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by