intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
different culture; foreign culture
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
preserved food boiled in soy
hornet larva (esp. of yellowjacket species Vespula flaviceps); bee larva
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
entomophagy; insect eating
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
strongish; somewhat strong
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
source of protein; protein source
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
dietary education; nutrition education; food education
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
leftovers; half-eaten food; leftover food
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
charcoal; charred remains
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
cookware; cooking utensil
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
impression given by a painting or image
mix; mixed-race person; multiracial person