fish pen; holding pond; fish tank; live well; live-box
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
mentality; mood; sentiment; fretfulness; tedium; irritation
to face on; to look out on to
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
to look around; to look towards (us)
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to question again; to repeat a question (esp. a problematic point, or to verify understanding); to repeat a query
serious look (on one's face); straight face
door-to-door entertainment; door-to-door entertainer; strolling musician; street musician
opinion; intention; thought
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
how many months?; how long?
expectation; assume will happen; forecast
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
six (long cylindrical things)
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
unimpressive; unimpressed
to repeat; to do something over again
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
southeastern part; the southeast
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact