getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
neighbourhood; neighborhood
funori; glue plant; marine alga of the genus Gloiopeltis; funori; glue used as sizing for textiles
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
paste; glue; clothing starch
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
in this way; thus; such; uh...
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
book; volume; this; present; main; head
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
husband and wife; married couple
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
prefectural assembly member
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
having said that; on the other hand
paying attention to; catching one's eye
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while