camping; campground; making camp
periodic; regular; routine
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
dozens; scores of; decades
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
random-access memory; RAM
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
(very) familiar; well-acquainted
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to look forward to
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
time; season; period; phase; stage
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity
had better ...; had better not ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
to say; to be called; to do
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not