healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
so; like this; in this way
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
uncertainty; insecurity; inconstancy; indefinite; undecided
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
frame (e.g. picture frame, decorative door frame, etc.)
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to brush gently; to stroke; to caress
more and more; increasingly; all the more
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
government management; state management
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to become rustic; to be countrified
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
broadcasting station; broadcaster
roulette-like street gambling; portable tape-recorder (used by reporters)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
sound recorder; tape recorder
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute