below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
cooling oneself; enjoying the cool air
homeless; homeless person
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
eternal; unlimited; endless
difference; disparity; gap
honest; trustworthy; upright; sincere
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to drain dry; to dry out; to scorch
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
ill-natured; mean; mischievous; nasty; unkind; teasing
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
fish balls; fish dumplings
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
nama-fu; wheat gluten mixed with rice flour and steamed in large blocks
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize