general merchant; Jack of all trades
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
location without an address; unnumbered plot of land
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
shell gathering (at low tide); clamming
live-action adaptation (of a cartoon or animated movie)
cheap restaurant; eating place (house)
trailer (film, TV); preview
pickles made in brine and fermented rice bran (esp. vegetables, also meat, fish, eggs, etc.)
living together (with one more person)
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
different (from); not the same (as)
making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
surreptitious glance; looking furtively
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to soak (in); to steep; to dip; to pickle; to preserve (in salt, vinegar, etc.)
(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
just one person; only one
roadside tree; row of trees