carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
low price; moderate price
Yoshimoto Banana (1964.7-)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
papaya (Carica papaya); pawpaw
periodic; regular; routine
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
lifting a ban; raising an embargo; opening a season (hunting, fishing, etc.); publishing contents; revealing information
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
foreign; abroad; overseas
(the products of) culture or civilization (civilisation)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
phase of decline; ebb; twilight
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
still; even now; to this day
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
large number (of); many; majority
curious; strange; unusual
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
characteristic; feature; special quality
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
(crop) damage owing to disease or blight
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to pass (of time); to elapse