Vocabulary

ship-to-ship cargo transfer; off-shore delivery (into smaller boats)

repair shop

huge win; overwhelming victory

to care for someone; to look after someone

to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)

incident involving the taking of hostages; hostage situation

please ...

title fight; championship match

(this) small amount; (such a) paltry amount; only this much; slightest bit

energy source

reason ends where love begins; in love, reason takes flight; love is a blind guide; love makes fools of us all; love is blind

fish

dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings)

rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)

chicken tempura (specialty of Oita prefecture)

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

well-informed person

tight-lipped; able to keep a secret

world champion

famous mountain; beautiful mountain

XO sauce (spicy seafood sauce used primarily in Cantonese cooking)

bashfulness; shyness; (showing signs of) embarrassment

fishnet stockings (tights)

being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation

increase in (expansion of) demand

biofuel

financial muscle; economic clout

QR code

bowling alley

egg collection (from hens, fish, etc.)

very; extremely

what's more; moreover; at that; in addition to that; what's worse

degree of similarity

one's history as a performer

capelin; caplin (Mallotus villosus)

capelin; caplin (Mallotus villosus)

to trample to death; to kill underfoot

velvet worm (Onychophora)

velvet worm (Onychophora)

wapiti (Cervus canadensis); elk