fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
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
pillow talk; conversation in bed; bedtime story
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
boy; son; baby boy; young man
cooperation; collaboration
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
story; tale; talk; discussion
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge
literature; books (reference); document
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
until now; so far; up to the present
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
welcome rain; beneficial rain; blessed rain; rain that comes after a drought
to call in; to invite; to bring in
wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)