day after day; day in and day out; every single day
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
chattering; prattling; gooey; messy (from mud, ink, etc.)
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
occasional; infrequent; rare
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
classical elegance; antiquity
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
kind (of goods); brand; (taxonomical) form; breed; cultivar
assistant engineer; (telegraph) operator
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
censor; overseer; inspector (Edo period)
(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
in addition; besides this; twice
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
opening fully; full throttle; full power
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
broadcasting; broadcast; program; announcement
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
letting out blood prior to cooking; draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
to peddle (goods); to hawk
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
cool; stylish; awesome; sick; sweet; dope
merry voices (e.g. of children playing)