La Pérouse Strait (between Hokkaido and Sakhalin); Sōya Strait
Mustelidae (family comprising the weasels)
smooth; flat; featureless; uneventful; noppera-bō; mythical being with flat featureless face
wolverine (Gulo gulo); glutton; carcajou
counselling (often of imprisoned criminals by a chaplain, etc.); giving guidance
filleting a fish (into boneless left and right halves and a piece with the skeleton)
lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea); cowberry
bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period)
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
northernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
to bear fruit; to produce a crop
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
natural (physical) environment
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
collective responsibility; joint liability
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
first snow (of the season); first snowfall
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
penis; chink; jingle; begging (animal); jealousy; black porgy juvenile; flirting
fishing industry; fishery
nursemaid; nanny; babysitter; child-minding; babysitting
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
loitering; hanging around; wandering around
marshland; wetland; swampland
local specialty; special product (of a region)
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
hibernation; winter sleep; torpor
to knock down; to knock out
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
official name; formal name
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
agricultural land; farmland
to grow fat; to gain weight; to grow fertile; to be refined (palate); to be discerning (eye, ear); to become rich