good flavor; good flavour; delicacy; dainty
deep-fried food (esp. chicken)
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
righteye flounder (any fish of family Pleuronectidae)
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
land near a castle; castle town
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
sole (any fish of the families Cynoglossidae and Soleidae); red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
lure fishing; fishing with a lure
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
non-migratory seabed fish (e.g. rockfish)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt