Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
towering; astonishingly high
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
rubber thongs; rubber flip-flops
beach umbrella; beach parasol
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables
large serving; large portion
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
to be worried; to be troubled
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
butter rice; buttered rice
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.