unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
(necessary) personnel; required person
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
migratory fish; straddling fish stocks
ray (any fish of superorder Batoidea)
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
to become decrepit; to be in one's dotage; to become dull; to lose one's astuteness; to lose one's touch; to become senile
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty
unknown; obscure; insignificant
red snow crab (Chionoecetes japonicus)
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
milling; grinding into flour
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
snowmelt; meltwater; melted snow
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
match (to light fire with)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)