(Japanese) Fisheries Agency
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
everybody; every last one of them; all
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
weather vane; fence-sitter; opportunist
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
and then; and so; and; so then
to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
substitution; alternative; substitute
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
(feeling) impatient; irritated; irritating; frustrated; frustrating; vexed
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
and; thereupon; because of that
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
to discuss; to talk together
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to run swiftly; to speed; to dash; to charge ahead (in pursuit of some goal); to push forward
squeezing something tightly; sound made by someone (or something) being squeezed; criticizing someone severely; sound made by someone being criticized; hug