seafood, etc. preserve made with mirin, ginger and soy
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post
unheard-of; unprecedented; daring; wild; uninhibited
moderate; proper; just right
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
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); Japanese bunching onion; green onion; spring onion; scallion
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching; crunchies
completely changed; totally transformed
time for ...; time to ...; good time to ...; 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); unable to read the room
mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus); common dolphinfish; dolphin; dorado
marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish
ocean sunfish (Mola mola)
Saikyo miso; Kyoto-style sweet white miso esp. used for pickling fish
fish salted and dried overnight
portable 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
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
food with dressing on it (e.g. salad)