to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
comparatively; relatively
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
ability; performance; efficiency
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
offense and defense; offence and defence
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
chattering; prattling; gooey; messy (from mud, ink, etc.)
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
wild harvested nori; jelly lichen (Collema sp.)
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
killing two birds with one stone
to spin vigorously; to wave around (e.g. sword, bat)
shell gathering (at low tide); clamming
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
ocean fish; saltwater fish
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
Anisakis (genus of parasitic nematodes)
river fish; freshwater fish
putting one's courage to the test
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood