cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
creation; founding; initiating
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
assertiveness; positiveness; initiative; spirit of enterprise
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
secret admirer; closet fan
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
destination; place one stays during a trip
great person; eminent figure
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to pursue one's dreams
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
see you later; goodbye; sincerely
Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
different culture; foreign culture
Amamiooshima (island approximately 215 kilometers NE of Okinawa)
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
natural monument; protected species (animal, habitat, etc.)
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
popular person; favorite; favourite