Cape Nosappu; Nosappu-misaki
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
vinegar and soy sauce mixed in roughly equal proportions
juice pressed from a bitter orange; ponzu (Japanese sauce made primarily of soy sauce and citrus juice)
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
touching; moving; painful
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
fish pen; holding pond; fish tank; live well; live-box
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
diving; submerging; going underwater
entertainer (esp. boy band or girl group member) whose image is manufactured to cultivate a dedicated consumer fan following; Japanese idol; (cultural) icon; idol; idol (object of worship); image
whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
dolphin (or other small toothed whales, such as porpoises, belugas, etc.)
eared seal (esp. the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus); sea lion
fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
swimming; bathing; getting on in the world
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
length (of an animal); body length
Virgo (constellation); the Virgin
anthropophobia; taijin kyofusho
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)