common orient clam (Meretrix lusoria)
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
falling (down) unconscious; fainting (and collapsing)
seaweed salt; salt from burning seaweed
salt; salt content; amount of salt; salinity
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
occurrence; happening; taking place; completion
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
the lowest (of its kind); the poorest
dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
personage; person (deserving of respect)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
land route; overland route; by land; overland
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryō system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654 m by 654 m)
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
control; management; supervision
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachi-gokko; Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
around here; hereabouts; (around) this point; about now
smuggler; bootlegger; illicit dealer; trafficker
double; twice (as much); twofold
being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding
courier; smuggler; carrier (e.g. of illegal drugs); trafficker
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind