bento; Japanese box lunch
slim; slender; slight; delicate
health; healthy; sound; fit
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to gain weight; to put on weight
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
female high-school student
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; cannabis
indeed; really; truly; very much
to increase; to add to; to augment
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
considerably; greatly; a lot
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
chair; stool; post; office; position
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); ham actor
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation