trip by boat; sea trip; voyage; cruise
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
on board a ship; aboard a ship
Emperor Seiwa; Seiwa Tenno (850-880 CE, reigning: 858-876 CE)
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
good-quality; superior in quality
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
Kasuga Grand Shrine (in Nara)
branch shrine; corporate spin-off; split-off business
direct connection; direct link
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
peerless; matchless; unrivaled; unrivalled; unequaled; unequalled
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
soldier; combatant; warrior
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
color; colour; color; character; coloring (one's hair); dyeing
Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane)
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
rise; improvement; uptrend
joining (a group); becoming a member (of); joining the ranks (of)
second term; second stage
white; correction fluid; white-out
easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
to resound; to reverberate; to make a stir
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
but he has to be handsome; that said, only if he's a looker
extreme logic; extreme argument; unreserved argument
precondition; prerequisite
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus