karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
to offer for sale; to put on the market
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
port city; harbor city; harbour city
holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
long ago; already; a long time ago
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
selling out; being sold out
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
falling rocks; fallen rocks
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
moving picture; film; cinema; movie theatre
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
movie director; film director
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
in search of; in order to look for
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
had better ...; had better not ...
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze); peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor