marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
bikini (swimwear); Bikini island
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
to boil (cook); voile (type of fabric)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
ama; female diver (who collects shells, seaweed, etc.)
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
to go along; to walk along; to follow
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) even dust becomes a mountain if piled together
amount of payment; amount paid
loading; stacking the wall of tiles to one's advantage
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
in the end; at the end of the day
just a handful; only a small number (of)
daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments
don't talk nonsense; (lit.) sleep talk after you go to sleep
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
to have an accident; to meet with an accident
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to demand money; to pester; to extort
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.); won't you
suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
falsely similar; counterfeit
sending home; repatriation; deportation
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out