to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
police; police officer; police station
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
old people; seniors; elders; old-timer
general idea; concept; notion
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
Island; insula; island; islet
excessive fishing; overfishing; overhunting; excessive taking
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
chilly; unpleasantly cold