non-leap year; normal year (esp. as pertains to weather patterns, vegetative growth, harvest yields, etc.)
day on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
long ago; previous; of a former age
fish simmered with soy sauce (and sugar)
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
covered with; stained; smeared
hometown; rural township (of China)
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug)
local specialty; special product (of a region)
rare; extraordinary; singular
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
putting one's courage to the test
drifting; drift; being adrift
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
to get (someone) drunk; to inebriate; to intoxicate; to charm; to enchant
autumn, season of good appetite
breathing of a sleeping person
to be boiled; to be cooked
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to die; (lit.) to become earth
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
cracking; splitting; ripping; crashing; creaking; groaning
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric); creases in an eboshi hat
bitter (flavor); bitter (type of beer)
(arch.) beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer); hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth