notice;  attention;  observation
 beginning of the year;  new year;  New Year's call;  New Year's greetings
 healthy;  sound;  wholesome
 senior high school student
 mostly;  ordinarily;  probably;  most;  almost all;  ordinary
 that way;  that direction;  that (one);  that person;  there;  over there
 destination;  whereabouts;  future;  prospects
 body;  physique;  shape;  form;  substance;  identity;  field
 android;  artificial human;  robot
 to like;  to prefer;  to be pleased by
 another kind;  distinct species;  variety
 any kind of;  every;  whatsoever;  whatever
 standard item;  usual thing;  (a) classic;  basic item (with stable demand);  staple goods
 to eat;  to live;  to make a living;  to bite;  to sting (as insects do);  to tease;  to torment
 Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
 convenient;  favorable;  favourable;  expedient;  expedience
 taciturn;  reticent;  quiet;  silent;  untalkative
 to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
 to begin talking;  to open up
 living thing;  living creature;  animal;  life
 claim;  insistence;  assertion;  advocacy;  emphasis;  contention
 forever;  endlessly;  on and on;  meandering;  wandering;  winding
 to let (someone) hear;  to tell (e.g. a story);  to make (someone) listen;  to make (someone) understand;  to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.;  to hold (someone) enchanted by
 on the way;  en route;  in the middle of;  midway;  halfway
 slightly difficult;  somewhat bothersome;  troublesome;  peevish;  querulous
 liked;  well-liked;  in love (with);  loved;  faddism;  eccentricity
 100,000,000;  one hundred million
 unit;  denomination;  credit (in school);  in units of (e.g. "in thousands");  in amounts of
 talkativeness;  garrulity;  loquacity
 canopy;  dome;  priestly minstrel's reed hood;  reed hood worn by Komuso priests
 whim;  caprice;  whimsy;  fickle;  moody;  uneven temper
 each time;  every time;  whenever (something happens);  on the occasion of