good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to monitor closely (for rule-breaking, etc.); to keep a close eye on
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip; walking in large steps; walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg
not becoming a problem; out of the question; not worth considering; insignificant; negligible
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
to blow out; to spout out
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to distinguish by smell; to smell the difference (between); to scent out; to discern (one thing from another); to determine
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring
to look down on; to condescend
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
sea snake; worm eel (Ophichthidae spp.); snake eel
being raised in the mountains; person raised in the mountains
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
midsummer day of the ox (traditionally marked by eating eel)
every year; yearly; annually
established practice; custom
import; importation; introduction; afferent
strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up; splurge; spending extravagantly (on); treating oneself (to)
domestically produced; domestic; Japanese-made
eel donburi; bowl of rice topped with eel
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)