old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
far-infrared rays; far-infrared radiation; FIR
focus of one's attention; what one is looking for; viewpoint; point one is trying to make
homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman; soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.
dullness (esp. of the skin); lack of luster; dirt; soil; contamination
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
first person to say something; first person to suggest something
small face (of a woman; generally considered attractive)
circulation of the blood; apprehension
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
aging; ageing; adding to one's years
medical cream; ointment; salve; liniment
to become sexually aware; to awaken to sex
drawing blood; collecting blood
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
close-cropped hair; shaven head
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
virtue; charm; merit; good point
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
prevailing view; common opinion; general consideration
beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles