to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
site; point on a map; spot
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
long ago; a long time ago; already
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
fixed date; appointed day
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
to tire; to weary; to exhaust; to fatigue
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
pull; patronage; tug; discount
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
in name only; titular; nominal
salty sea breeze; salt wind
preparation; provision; guarding
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to pile up; to accumulate
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to be sooty; to be stained
fishing tackle; fishing gear
boasting; bragging; big talk; conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
to happen to ride together; to share a vehicle; to (operate a) carpool
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
in contrast; on the contrary; on the other hand
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze