regional cuisine; local cuisine
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
home area; home town; local
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
high ground; plateau; heights
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
to feel; to sense; to experience
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out