master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
irregularity; abnormality; change of tone; transposition; modulation
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
touching; moving; painful
to pretend; to act (as if)
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
missus; missis; proprietress (of a shop, restaurant, etc.); landlady; hostess
to notify; to advise; to inform
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
muahaha (laughter); mwahahaha; bahaha; bwahaha
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
longed-for; anxiously awaited
present-day people; people of this world
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
someone; a certain person
trouble; difficulty; failure (of an engine, machine, computer, etc.); breakdown; (medical) condition; disorder
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread