shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
genius; prodigy; natural gift
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to go with the flow; to go with the times
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
roar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry; screech (of a bird); scream; yawp
Manila clam (Ruditapes philippinarum); Japanese littleneck clam
desalinating with water; salt removal
grilled eggplant; fried eggplant
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
right under; directly below; right beneath
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
thickness; profundity; depth; thickness; strong and tight group or wall of stones
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
parboiling; preparatory boiling
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
way of calling (something or someone)
number two; mistress; concubine
ability to think up names; knack for naming things
carefree; free from worry
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
egg boiled, peeled, and steeped in soy sauce marinade
preparation; arrangements
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
key to understanding; point (e.g. of an argument)
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
ohajiki; traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic; gun; pistol
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience