strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
real experience; actual observations
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to travel on frequently (e.g. a road or path)
to examine someone's expression
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
The Flying Dutchman (opera by Wagner, 1843)
what time; (lit.) which hour
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
for today; for the time being
string bikini; g-string; thong
be (that) as it may; having said that
to look away; to avert one's eyes
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy