side table; bedside table
possession; occupation; occupancy
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
hair (on the head); (a) hair
in a tousled manner; in a ruffled fashion; in a disorderly manner; with a fluster; confusedly; messily
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
close; intimate; on good terms
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
aquatic (life); living in the water
gills; branchia; angle of the mandible; gonial angle
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
ama; female diver who collects shells, seaweed, etc.
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray
spiny lobster (esp. Japanese spiny lobster, Panulirus japonicus)
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
another bank; other bank; absence from home; going out
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up
boisterously; roughly; briskly
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
immoral; illicit; unethical
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string