lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
man; male; masculine gender
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
country living; life in the country; country life
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
tedious; boring; being fed up with
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
how many years; how long; what year
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
like this; in this way; as you see
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to approach; to draw near
discovery; detection; finding
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved