finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
cook-house; galley; kitchen
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
originally; by nature; from the start
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
crotch; crutch; groin; fork (in a tree, road, river, etc.); tines (of a fork)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to pass (of time); to elapse
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected