husband and wife; married couple
J; j; Japan; joule; jack (playing card); tatami mat (as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm); Japan Professional Football League
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
death by hanging; execution by hanging
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
a few years ago; some years back
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
chicken; chicken game; chicken race
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
changing one's dress (e.g. at the wedding reception)
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
marine life; marine organism
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
modesty; self-control; discretion
below sea level; undersea; beneath the waves
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
to push or press or force down; to depress
destruction; annihilation; extermination
jōjutsu; form of martial art using a cane staff
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
departure; leaving; going away; recession
three people on the same vehicle (usu. bike)
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
riding fast; driving a horse fast
between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves
have to do; must; should; ought to
ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down