originally; by nature; from the start
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
how; in what way; how about
understood; I see; OK; present; here
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
Japan's best; number one in Japan
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
thousands; several thousand
(period of) a year; during an era
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
(United States of) America; USA
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
for example; for instance; e.g.
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
ago; since; before; previous
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to collect; to assemble; to gather
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently