racial or national characteristics
patient; unhurried; leisurely
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
gaudy (esp. of makeup or clothing); garish; glitzy; loud
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
southern tip; southern end; southernmost part
foreign enemy; outside invader
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
sludge; slime; chemical ooze
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
kabayaki; loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
open fire (in cooking); open flame; direct heat
portable earthen charcoal brazier (for cooking)
boiled greens in bonito-flavoured soy sauce (vegetable side dish)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
rice cooking; boiling rice
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
tightly; tautly; (springing, straightening) up; suddenly; intuitively; instinctively
to be cooked; to have finished cooking
four-legged tray for festive food
tsukemono (pickled vegetables)
leaf vegetable; greens; vegetable leaves
richly colored; richly coloured
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
conger eel (esp. the common Japanese conger, Conger myriaster); garden eel