stir-fry; fried food (cooked in wok, frying pan, etc.)
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to be conspicuous; to stand out
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
grains; lumps; granulated; lumpy; bumpiness
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
Brassicaceae (family of flowering plants comprising the mustards)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
vegetables high in beta-carotene
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on
unpolished rice; unmilled rice; brown rice
germinated brown rice; sprouted brown rice
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient