to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
local specialty; special product (of a region)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
shiokara; paste made from salted fermented seafood (squid, fish entrails, etc.)
fishing industry; fishery
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
attendance; participation; presence
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
suffix for familiar person
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
bathing (swimming) in cold water
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
older sister; elder sister
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out