Vocabulary

high season; peak season

one's own way

financial situation

divalent ion

cave diving

backward somersault; backward roll

steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap

-induced

megaloblast

Hydrangea macrophylla var. thunbergii (variety of bigleaf hydrangea)

call; visit

courtesy call; courtesy visit

courtesy call; courtesy visit

tate-shiho-gatame (judo); vertical four-quarter hold

megaloblastic anemia

finish line tape

default

artificial leaf

voice amplification

bow legs; bowlegs; bow-leggedness

yakiton; grilled pork on skewers

schnitzel

meat tenderizer

soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring

star

dark soba

handmade soba

soba made with only buckwheat flour

soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour

raw noodles; uncooked noodles

bowl of rice topped with tenkasu and tempura dipping sauce

traditional food; ancestral food

you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land)

taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet

fruitarianism

Atkins diet

low-carbohydrate diet; low-carb diet

glycemic index

gastroenterology

French paradox; paradox of relatively high health levels in France despite smoking, consumption of alcohol, meat, etc.