beach; seashore; captured pieces; captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
big catch (fishing); good haul
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
high-speed craft; high-speed vessel; fast ferry
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul
Milton; Milton, John (1608-1674; English poet and author of Paradise Lost)
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill
column of water; water column
sympathizer; sympathiser; fellow traveler; fellow traveller
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
popularity; favorable reputation; high esteem; respect
(one's) master; (one's) employer; leader (of a country, group, etc.); head; Lord; main thing
coastal waters; adjacent seas
outside (an organization, department, etc.)
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)
circulatory system (blood, lymph, etc.)
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
middle part; medium depth (water); medium layer; medium-size; mid-level; medium-rise (building)
meaning; connotation; denotation
(running) abreast; side-by-side; in a row; neck and neck; (almost) equal
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
and so; therefore; for that reason
toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
bottom of the water; bottom of the sea; river bottom
main part; principal part; subject (noun phrase)
outside the boat (ship, spaceship, etc.); outboard; extravehicular
white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
testimony; (verbal) evidence