medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
grated daikon; daikon grater
looking depressed; long face
to be able to eat; to be able to swallow
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type
apparent; obvious; very clear
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
to mix; to blend; to combine
plantain (esp. Asian plantain, Plantago asiatica)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
to taste; to try (food or drink)
power; authority; might; influence; dignity; majesty
customary practice; habit; traditional event
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
in succession; one by one
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
change; alteration; modification
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to go beyond the limit; to pass the limit
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
rescue mission; evacuation operation
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
the same kind; accomplice; partner
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
immense sum (of money); ten thousand yen
large amount of money; great cost
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
ingenuity; resourcefulness
cause for headaches; pain in the neck; source of worry
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped