prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient
brandling (when used as fishing bait)
paste bird feed; paste fishing bait
paste products (incl. sweets, fish paste, etc.); parade float; procession
look; glance; (at first) sight
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
to lower one's fishing line (into water)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection
river surface; surface of a river
spring (device); spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
the start of a climb up a hill
three sun (ca. 9.1 cm); something small, short or thin (roughly the size of three sun); stall-keeper; huckster; (arch.) prostitute of the lowest rank
loach (any fish of family Cobitidae); weather loach (Misgurnus anguillicaudatus); pond loach
bursting with youth and energy (esp. young woman); vivaciously young; (fish) jumping around energetically (e.g. when caught in a net); bursting (e.g. seams); tight; splattering (e.g. cooking oil)
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
common carp (Cyprinus carpio); koi carp
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
partly puffed up; bubblingly
catch (fishing); amount of fish caught; caught fish
to have a pulse; to be alive; to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless
to change completely; to change suddenly
to have the nerve to; to be bastard enough to
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
crucian carp (Carassius spp.)
forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)
ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis); sweetfish
charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
one end; an end; part; fragment
ugh; yuck; ick; blech; damn; crap
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
quick; rapid; swift; satisfactory