prickling; stinging; tingling
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
Aedes (genus of mosquitoes); striped mosquito
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to drink up; to drain (cup)
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
in deep black; in jet black
to tower over the surroundings
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
here and there; in places
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
Noctiluca scintillans (luminescent species of dinoflagellate)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)