imperial command; government order
hand drilling (to start a fire); hand drill; rubbing sticks to make a fire
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
sphere; circle; range; category
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
fish of the genus Rhinogobius; dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia); Japanese fluvial sculpin (fish, Cottus pollux)
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
ornamental ridge-end tile
Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
konoshiro gizzard shad (Konosirus punctatus)
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
surviving custom; holdover influence
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
popular name; common name; given name
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
coastal waters; adjacent seas
episode; anecdote; vignette
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express