stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
moray (eel) (Gymnothorax kidako); muraenid
body; physique; build; stature
coastal waters; adjacent seas
barracuda (Sphyraena spp.)
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
witnessing; observing; sighting
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to take; to catch; to capture
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
protracted war; war of attrition
pull; patronage; tug; discount
splish-splash; with a splash
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
admiration; wonder; astonishment
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to pull in (fish); to land
several minutes; a few minutes
be (that) as it may; having said that
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle