washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
way; method; means; resource; course
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
simmering; (boiling) gently
to be boiled; to be cooked
to pick up (with chopsticks); to take
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
district governor (Ritsuryo period)
captain (Army, U.S. Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
(Russian) maritime provinces
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
environment; circumstance
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
Karafuto (Japanese name for Sakhalin)
island group; archipelago