tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
to get moldy; to get mouldy; to get out-of-fashion
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
toadstool; poisonous mushroom
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
unexpectedly strong rain (for the region, etc.); sudden rain
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
skin; outer skin; integument; husk; hull; shell
sashimi with skin still attached
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
thread-sail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer); skinning (an animal); stripping (a tree of its bark); barking
feeling keenly; fully realizing
keeping an eye on people's belongings (so they don't get stolen)
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
long chopsticks (for cooking, serving, etc.)
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)
timewise; temporal; chronal
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part