from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
escaped prisoner; fugitive
to detain; to take into custody
sending home; repatriation; deportation
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Seto Oohashi; Great Seto Bridge
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
beginning; outset; first; onset
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
Kurashiki (city); storage charges
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
number one; first; best; most; game; round
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
how; in what way; by what means
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt