puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination
application (of ointment, etc.); coating
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
consistency; coherence; one kan (approx. 3.75 kg); one piece of sushi
event; phenomenon; matter
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
flying column; detached force
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
to call each other; to call out to one another
pet name; nickname; affectionate name; term of endearment
swallowtail butterfly (esp. the citrus swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus)
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
to devise an elaborate plan; to exercise one's ingenuity; to work out a scheme
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
diving; diver; unlicensed (doctor, driver, etc.); unregistered; outsider; stranger
to thrust down; to push off
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
reading a word backwards (often to make slang)
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
on the occasion of; at the time of
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)