pure; true; genuine; unmixed
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
assertion; declaration; affirmation
class-B; B class; B grade; second rate
if it is the case that ...
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
useable footage ratio; proportion of footage that can be used for the final cut
regional cuisine; local cuisine
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
location (e.g. of film shoot); remote (shoot at a remote location)
every place; various places
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to be needed; to be wanted
such; like that; that sort of; very
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)
to drink up; to drain (cup)
it seems so; that's what it looks like
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
condiment (e.g. grated or chopped topping such as daikon, wasabi, ginger, green onion, red pepper); spice
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till