tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
conversion to sugar; saccharification
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
woman; female; feminine gender
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
quite right; indeed; truly; well said
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to appease; to suppress; to calm
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
although I say; although one might say; although called
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
corridor; hallway; passageway
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive