to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
perception; sensing; noticing
striking just before one's opponent makes a move
taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner
tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny; Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis); dead lay; starfish
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
expressing one's mind; speaking out
being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
cooking a fish inside a salt crust
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
to set on fire; to ignite
salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt); cooking a fish inside a salt crust; candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
sea bream (Sparidae); porgy; tai (species of reddish-brown Pacific sea bream, Pagrus major)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of