small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
MP; magic point; military police (US, etc.); MP; member of parliament (UK, etc.); MP
strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints
copying in entirety (verbatim)
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
sweet voice; seductive voice
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
hydration; rehydration; to hydrate; to rehydrate; to moisturize
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
trembling slightly; quivering softly; swaying gently; softly; springy
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus); person who sucks up to superiors; toady
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
white fish; fish with white flesh
horse mackerel (Carangidae spp., esp. the Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus); jack mackerel; pompano; scad
blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
sharply; harshly; stingingly
to be caught (of a wild animal or fish); to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to win (a title, prize, etc.)
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
striped jack (Pseudocaranx dentex); white trevally
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
craftsman; artisan; workman; carpenter