charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
grandfather; male senior-citizen
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to take over; to hand over
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
memories; recollections; reminiscence
first part; first volume; prequel
those (near the second person)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
first year of high school; first-year high school student
outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku); (lit.) stewed potato party
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
neat and clean; tidy; trim
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
hello; good day; good afternoon
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
rice ball coated with sweetened red beans, soybean flour or sesame
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper
jūbako; multi-tiered food box