occasionally; now and then; from time to time
secretary; councillor; councilor
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
along the river; riverside
spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
speed of a boat; draft; draught
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
red-hot iron; gunfire; gambling; violent-tempered
young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)
signature phrase; signature saying
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
secret story; unknown episode
longtooth grouper (Epinephelus bruneus)
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
somewhere to go; place to go
mental derangement; madness; insanity
inundation; submersion; flood
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
sandstorm; noise (video); snow
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
(navigable) canal; waterway
neutralization; neutralisation; counteraction
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
revival; restoration; resuscitation
all-out attack; general offensive