boat festival; festival with portable shrines carried on boats
saclike; saccate; saccular
foothills; first range of mountains
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to steer a ship; to manage; to take command; to take the helm
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit
wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)
to penetrate; to pervade; to spread
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
guarantor; surety; person responsible for another's behavior
meteorological observatory
faint outlines of an island; vague shape of an island; silhouette of an island
all right!; that's it!; thank God!; good!; I've got it!; I've done it!
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
fluff; fuzz; nap; hachures; hatching
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
boarding; board; meals; catering; cook
wet nurse; nursing mother
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
hand net; dip net; scoop net
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
raincoat; mackintosh; macintosh; trench coat
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside