system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet
to bud; to sprout; to germinate; to have luck on one's side; to get lucky
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
vitality; (one's) life force
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
Aichi prefecture (Chūbu area)
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
nutritional value; food value
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be able to manage somehow or another
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
Chinese sugarcane (Saccharum sinense) (used for making wasanbon)
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
import; importation; introduction; afferent
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
the West; the Occident; Western countries
is something that; is that which