to shoot through (a door, the heart, etc.); to go through
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
pull-top; pop-top; pop top; pull tab
vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste, esp. with lots of liquid; hot-dip galvanizing
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
interior; inside; internal
application (of ointment, etc.); coating
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to make sure; to check; to ascertain; to confirm; to verify
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
cylindrical; having no waist; undefined (waist); cylinder vase; stockpot
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (esp. in an online game)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
to sense; to infer; to gather; to pick up on; to get wind of; to perceive
choice; selection; option
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
fishing industry; fishery
landing; unloading (e.g. a ship); catch (of fish); takings; sales (of a shop); defloration (e.g. of a geisha)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
how long; how far; how much
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
food cooked in miso; cooking in miso
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
something like ...; something called ...
several people; a few people
boat; rowboat; rowing boat
reaching; attaining; arrival