poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)
sea of people; (very large) crowd of people
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
secretary; councillor; councilor
it's no joke; gimme a break!
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
pipsqueak; little runt; midget; dwarf
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
trademark gag; trademark routine
thanks for taking care of me; thanks for taking care of my loved one
function; facility; faculty; feature
result; effect; performance; workmanship; execution; shape and quality (of an article)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
unusual; serious; incomparable
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
Nihi (the two former provinces of Hizen and Higo)
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
ox or whale penis, used as a tonic or aphrodisiac
wheat straw; barley straw
marimo (variety of algae, Cladophora aegagropila); round green algae; Cladophora ball; lake ball; moss ball
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to overcharge; to rip off
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
archeologist; archaeologist
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway