zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)
dry; dried out; juiceless; barely; just
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
shellfish; seashell; shell
nine (in mekuri karuta); oicho-kabu (traditional Japanese gambling card game)
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily; to one's heart's content
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
poop; faeces; feces; crap; trash; garbage
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to pay one's bill; to settle one's account
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
treat; banquet; feast; thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
very hungry; starving; fawning; bowing and scraping; giving in; being dented
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
from here; from this place
drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
bathing (in a lake, river, or in the sea); playing in the water; playing with water
shell gathering (at low tide); clamming
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
in one's own way or style
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in