to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
debt collection; debt collector
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
body; group; party; company; troupe
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
way; method; means; resource; course
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
by myself; in person; by oneself
father; dad; husband; you; he
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
good performance; good work; great success
catch (fishing); amount of fish caught; caught fish
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes); killifish; Japanese medaka
to pull in (fish); to land
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
eighth day of the month; eight days