votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
key; mode (in gagaku); time; tempo; meter (of a poem); metre; style
to itch; to feel itchy; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
to harm; to cause harm to
to stitch; to hem; to mend; to sew up; to darn
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
amount of light; quantity of light
Bonin Islands; Ogasawara Islands
easternmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
Minamitorishima; Marcus Island
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
know-how; expertise; the ropes; the knack
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
to anticipate; to foresee
long-term (business) strategy
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
minimum limit; the lowest degree (possible, allowable, etc.)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
mountain range; mountain belt
to escape from; to get out
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
solitary island; isolated island