to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
rice-based or centered diet (centred)
home (family, domestic) life
friction; discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement
to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family
seafood, etc. preserve made with mirin, ginger and soy
thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post
unheard-of; unprecedented
moderate; proper; just right
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
falling in love; attachment
male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute
draining (esp. pipes from water for the winter); drainhole; drain; drainage
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
completely changed; totally transformed
time for ...; time to ...; good opportunity to ...; season
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation)
mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus); common dolphinfish; dolphin; dorado
ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
Kyoto-style miso; Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste (esp. used for pickling fish)
fish salted and dried overnight
earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
to carry around; to carry on one's person
cheap drinking spot (pub, tavern, etc.)
overdrinking; excessive drinking
hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)
senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
thinly sliced and dried strips of daikon