article; news story; report; account
counter for books; volume
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
reader (person); person who reads the cards (in karuta games); composer (of a poem)
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
one parent; single parent
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to tire of playing; to become tired after playing
living room (Western style); sitting room
cod roe (roe of any fish from family Gadidae, esp. salted walleye pollack roe)
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
thinnish; somewhat narrow
flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest
match (contest); to match with; to go well with
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
edition; version; plate; block; editions of a publication
crisper (e.g. in refrigerator); vegetable drawer; produce compartment
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding