towel twisted into a headband
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
individual packaging; individual wrapping
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
adductor muscle; adductor muscle of a bivalve (e.g. scallop, etc.)
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
home; household; family; hearth
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
hey there; I say; see here
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
gargling; rinsing one's mouth
to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)
average; ordinary; normal
crop; yield; harvest; catch; take
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
literally; self-explanatorily
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless