long ago; once upon a time
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
near oneself; close to one; familiar
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
thought; consideration; thinking
knight on a white horse; Prince Charming
white horse; unrefined sake
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
valuable article; valuables
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
bad ending (in a film, novel, etc.); unhappy ending
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
confirmation; certification; ascertainment
to make a speech; to address
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover