Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
baton (relay, orchestral conducting, etc.)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
machine parts; machinery; equipment
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
pretension; conceit; hubris
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
no-good man; (male) loser
losers (those who have 'failed' socially, economically, etc.)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
freezing weather; agar-agar; vegetable gelatin