(sliced and) pickled octopus
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
black beard; type of noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
silence; stillness; quietness
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
removing one's hat; admiring someone greatly; "taking off one's hat" to someone
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow
wash basin; wash bowl (incl. portable bowl in a public bath)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
acceleration; speeding up
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to remove; to exclude; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group
listening device; bug; wiretap
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
to foreshadow; to drop a hint (of things to come); to take precautionary measures; to make contingency plans