comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
established practice; custom
Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes); killifish; Japanese medaka
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release of fish (into a river, pond, etc.); stocking with fish (a river, etc.); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
river; stream; River; the ... river
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
program (e.g. TV); programme
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
circle and cross; right and wrong (answers); true-false
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
sexual (i.e. relating to biological sex); sexual (relations, attraction, abuse, etc.)
to repeat; to do over again
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
to become clear; to be made public
society; the world; the times
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it