victory or defeat; match; contest; game
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
pure heart; naivete; innocence
to dig out; to gouge out; to scoop; to ladle; to jerk (one's chin)
favorite (to win); favourite; likely winner; one's heart's desire; first choice
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
hermit crab; renting a house; tenant
ago; since; before; previous
assistance; help; helper; babe; chick; broad
gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack); Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
copulation (among animals); mating; treading; covering; serving
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio); queen crab; champagne crab (Hypothalassia armata)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
3000; three thousand; many
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well