moving; touching; stirring
work (e.g. of art); piece; harvest; crop; technique
smoking (of meat); fumigation; oxidation (of metal)
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
fire hook; poker; slice bar
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
shellfish; seashell; shell
mosquito coil; anti-mosquito incense
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
rocket (Eruca sativa); arugula; roquette
rotary cutting; thinly slicing into a long strip (e.g. daikon, carrot, wood for plywood, etc.)
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight
daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus); bad actor; lousy actor; wooden actor
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
local specialty; local special dish
to mutually recognize; to agree; to accept
seeming very ...; just like ...
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
bell pepper (esp. red, yellow or orange); sweet pepper; capsicum; paprika (spice)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
short trip; brief journey; excursion
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to shave off; to scrape off
to hurt; to smart; to sting
to cramp; to be cramped; to get a cramp (in)
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
course; route; path; process; stages
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
grounds (of tea and coffee)
second; number two; runner-up