indispensable; vital; fundamental; imperative; crucial; critical
griot; jeli; West African bard
mesh (of a net); half-tone (printing)
crow in the mountains; jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos); rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus); (arch.) dark-skinned person
increase in a samurai's stipend
dragonet (any fish of family Callionymidae, esp. Richard's dragonet, Repomucenus richardsonii)
Kaluga (Russia); Kaluzh (Russia)
sanda; sanshou; Chinese boxing; Chinese kickboxing
point spread; point difference
employment (long term); hire
four divine beasts; guardian deities of the four cardinal points
reefy coast; windswept and wave-beaten shore
Japanese wobbegong (Orectolobus japonicus, species of carpet shark); Japanese carpet shark; fringe shark
shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell); food cooked in a crockpot
driving characteristics; road handling ability