skilled miner; coal-cutter
pounded fish cake; half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub
ill-bred; poorly brought up
polar bear (Ursus maritimus)
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
regional cuisine; local cuisine
buried gold; buried treasure
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)
rail car (esp. a small one used in mines, logging, etc.); trolley; tram
remaining bullets; remaining ammunition
to draw back; to leave (the area)
madly in love; completely charmed (by); from the heart; entirely; (arch.) bottom of one's heart
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
one's long-cherished desire
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
to get distracted; to jump off the track
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
patting; stroking; caressing
to sniff out; to get wind of