obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
tying up; binding; total; sum; conclusion (e.g. of a gathering); end; final meal after a drinking party
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
the ocean; the great deep
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
action; operation; process; agency; effect; function
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
retention; maintenance; preservation
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
sun (approx. 3 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
streamlined shape; aerodynamic shape
horror film; horror movie
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
aquarium (building); oceanarium
toothed whale; odontocete
short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; shachi; mythical carp with the head of a tiger and the body of a fish, considered auspicious protectors of well-being; roof ornament in the shape of a shachi (believed to provide protection against fire by causing rain to fall)
beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt (in Chinese mythology)
freely; right and left; as one pleases
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
inattention; absent-mindedness
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict
to poke each other; to jab each other
being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy
how others look at you; what others think about you