appetizer or snack served with drinks; accompaniment to an (alcoholic) drink
smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked
(giving) instruction; initiation
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
bacterium; bacteria; germ
smoking (esp. as a means of preserving food)
nutritional value; food value
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; addition; inclusion; taking into account
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
source of protein; protein source
Jōmon period (ca. 14000-1000 BCE)
(period of) a year; during an era
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
work, items, etc. carried over from earlier; hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)
Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas)
whole nation; whole land; whole country
large drop (rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (grape, cherry, etc.)
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
moderate; proper; just right
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
swim ring; swimming ring; life buoy; life belt; life preserver; lifesaver
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum