coastal region; coastal area; coastline
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
foreign; abroad; overseas
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
sudden price jump; steep price rise
at a moment's notice; readily
rising; ascending; climbing
to explain; to dispel doubts
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)