home environment; family environment
distant look; faraway look
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to kill; to beat to death
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding ways; slipway
sliding down (a slope, mountainside); slipping down
exit; way out; outlet; vent
to dye; to colour; to color
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
underground lake; subterranean lake
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
verbal promise; one's word
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
big catch (of fish); big haul
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta); dog salmon
to eat; to become eclipsed (of an astronomical object)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
explanatory note; explanatory text; explanation; caption
thinly sliced salmon head cartilage and daikon seasoned with vinegar
frequency (of occurrence)
master; teacher; stable master
Japanese pond smelt (Hypomesus nipponensis); wakasagi