landlocked masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou masou)
freshwater minnow; pale chub (Zacco platypus)
dark chub (Nipponocypris temminckii)
Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
going upstream; swimming upstream
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
someone (something) not to be trifled with
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
rather; better; instead; if anything
well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)
infancy; childhood; tender age
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
aquaculture; culture; cultivation; raising
imagination; supposition; guess
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus)
blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
white lotus; purity; pure heart
herbivorous; plant-eating; graminivorous
(artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
study; research; investigation
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding