reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
hard to see; obscure; indistinct; illegible
sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
fishing grounds; permitted fishing zone
northwestern part; the northwest
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
wrinkled; full of wrinkles
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
failure story; horror story
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
occasional; infrequent; rare
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to be caught; to be captured; to be able to catch; to be able to capture
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food