summer insect; summer insects
monaural; monophonic; mono
skating rink; skate rink; ice rink
one person; one customer; unmarried and childless older woman
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
women's group; women's association
coloring; colouring; colour development; production of colour
Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush
online shopping; internet shopping
electrical machinery; appliances
declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children
Gifu prefecture (Chūbu area)
commercialization (e.g. product); commodification
to run a shop; to have a shop
skating (esp. ice); skate; skates
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
age thirty; one's thirties
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon); cervid
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
honorific affix; honorific prefix
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
highlight; best part; stunning; incredible; superb
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
stock company; corporation; kabushiki kaisha; KK
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
to carry; to bring (to a place)
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis