elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
semi-arid; semiarid; semidry
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
to some extent; to a certain extent
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
this is why; this means; it is the case that
classification system; classification method
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
considerably; fairly; quite
commencing with; including
greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
producer; grower; maker; manufacturer
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to appear all together; to be all present
(small crunchy) dried sardines
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
please (give me); please (do for me)
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
so; like this; in this way
shape of a globe; globe shape; spherical
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after