(Okinawa) sacred site; sacred grove
happy; auspicious; propitious; joyous; lucky
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
the eighties (age, years, etc.)
utter villain; atrocious fiend; devil
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
stand-up paddle surfing; SUP; stand-up paddle boarding
Okinawan (language); Okinawan dialect
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
without (uttering) a single word; without (giving) even the slightest response
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
shudder; shiver; agitation
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
frowning on; looking on with scorn; showing disapproval
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
one after another; in rapid succession
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; (lit.) as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck