lower region; lower part; region below
season (e.g. fruit, fish); in vogue; popular; fresh
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt
grated daikon; daikon grater
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
breakthrough; great discovery
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount
to be perturbed; to be agitated
educator; teacher; educationalist
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
getting an advance (on one's salary)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to become clear; to be made public
to indicate; to show; to point to
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
war; battle; match; game; competition
state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
reduction by half; halving
very young; little; childish; immature
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
craving; longing; thirsting
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
equal amount; same quantity
loser; defeated person; the defeated