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home gardening (esp. food); home growing

1

free time; spare time

3

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

2

purchased item; purchased goods; (a) purchase

1

soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy

2

very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle

3

living together; coexistence

3

ultimate

9

topic of conversation

1

one yen; throughout (an area); whole district

1

sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

1

one meal; one meal (a day)

4

assorted vegetables for sukiyaki (esp. green onion)

4

(small crunchy) dried sardines

1

kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae

5

katsuobushi; pieces of sliced dried bonito

2

chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat

1

chicken cooked in a shallow pan with vegetables

1

each; per piece

1

brand-name rice

1

bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)

1

to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black

1

soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction

2

restaurant industry; restaurant business; catering industry

1

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

2

uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely

2

bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt

2

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

2

hazard; hazard flashers; hazard warning lights

1

passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching

1

manager; administrator; landlord; root (user)

5

city road; municipal road; the way of trade; the pursuit of profit

1

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature

1

cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces

2

all over Japan; throughout Japan

3

rice cultivation; rice crop

1

to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove

2

rice plant (Oryza sativa)

1

part-time farmer

2

to concentrate one's effort (on something)

1

bearer; carrier; person bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter

1

(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

7

to eat up; to consume (completely)

2

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

1

the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more

2

self-service; self-

1

return slot (for coins in a vending machine); tray return station

1

fisherman

2

currency

1