heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
short stay; temporary care
rainy; showery; inclement
Honshū (largest of the four main islands of Japan); Honshu
World Health Organization; WHO
meal (ground grain); Mir (Russian space station; 1986-2001); mir (peasant village community in Imperial Russia)
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
root removal; stump removal
pineapple (Ananas comosus)
slope; slanting surface; bevel
seafood; products of the sea; marine products; fruits of the sea
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
silkworm gut; fishing gut; artificial gut; gut fishing line
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
pitching; pitching (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); pitch
to intertwine; to twist together
kickboard; flutterboard; float
slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression
infiltration (e.g. of water); flooding
outline of a solitary fish (as seen through the water when fishing, etc.)
catch (fishing); amount of fish caught; caught fish
having done this; if this is done; if it is done in this way
puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly
lightly (floating); buoyantly; puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.); tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle)
sea level; (surface of) sea
gift of money (contained in an envelope); money reward (for services rendered)
to class (one thing with another); to rank (with); to respect (two things) the same; to see as comparable; to hold in equally high esteem
eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving
sashimi prepared from live fish, arranged in its original shape; fresh sashimi