fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger
proprietress (of a traditional Japanese inn or restaurant); landlady; hostess; mistress
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
quacking; cackling; loudly (snore, complain, argue, etc.); noisily; with a buzzing sound (e.g. speaker); with a crackling sound
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
railroad track; rail line
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
Kwantung Army (Japanese armed forces in Manchukuo)
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
lecture attendance; auditing
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)