original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
brewing (sake); distilling (e.g. whisky)
ideal; fit; fitted; fitting; suitable
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
light; easy; non-serious; minor
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
Kagoshima Prefecture (Kyūshū)
Tokunoshima (island in Kagoshima prefecture); Tokuno Island
first (of its kind) in Japan
manufacture and sales; vertical integration
sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
winning a prize; placing (high; in a contest)
free of artificial colors; coloring-free
first challenge; first try
on the rocks; alcoholic drink served with ice cubes
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
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
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to fetter; to shackle; to bind
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
canned; packaged in a tin (of biscuits, confections, etc.)
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
armed forces; military; troops
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
(having a) haircut; hair-cutting; hair-dressing; messy hair; untied hair; unkempt hair
individual differences; personal equation