peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
product; produce; result; fruit
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to try all possible means
yellow silk cloth with a dark striped or checkered pattern (from Hachijo island)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
tea seed oil; camellia oil
kusaya; brined, sun-dried fish (usu. mackerel scad) which has a very pungent smell
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
fishing industry; fishery
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
ship's fittings or rigging
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
farming; agriculture; cultivation
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
job; work; duties; trade; skill
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
edge of town; outskirts of a village
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
invisibly; secretly; privately
various kinds of small trees; assorted trees
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
greens; vegetable leaves; leaf vegetable
one thin flat object; one sheet
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
to fight; to exchange blows
to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue
to strike dead; to beat to death