water's edge; beach; foreshore
suddenly; all of a sudden
to rip (someone) off; to overcharge; to ask a high price
chief; leading; prominent; principal; main; important
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
slightly elevated; slightly higher (of a price); marginally up; edging higher
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
burning; combustion; exerting all strength; making an effort
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
detestable; disagreeable; disgusting; odious; unpleasant; repugnant
24 hours; twenty-four hours
seeing off and meeting on return
(place) out of sight; (somewhere) out of eyeshot
aquatic products; fisheries
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider
feeding habit (e.g. of an animal); feeding habitat
first thing after rising; as soon as getting up
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
gun; firearm; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
onigiri; rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
alternately sucking in and blowing out air through one's mouth while eating something hot (in order to cool it down)
queen (consort); empress (consort)
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine