grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
to resort to violence; to perform a drastic act
neighbourhood; neighborhood
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
hundred points; perfect mark
brown bear (Ursus arctos)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
fishing industry; fishery
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
being moved forcibly, e.g. being carted to a police station, transportation for forced labour, etc.
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
aquarium fish; ornamental fish
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
interference; intervention; meddling
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
cheap article; poor quality article