buying price; cost price; purchase price
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
to distribute; to apportion; to divide
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
independent living; means of earning one's living
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to take; to catch; to capture
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to fry; to saute; to stir-fry
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")