old couple; elderly couple
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
to govern; to manage; to subdue
to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
sweet white sake; doburoku (unrefined sake)
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
half and half; fifty-fifty
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer
statement (of a carefully reasoned logical argument); dissertation; enunciation; setting forth
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
petty; trivial; insignificant; trifling
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
rifling a gun barrel; making lines
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
pointed end; point; cusp; pointed head
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
future problems; consequences
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
fresh water (i.e. not salt water)
to lower one's fishing line (into water)