cleaning; dry cleaning; laundry service
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
such ... as; or some such
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
(raw) ore; unpolished gemstone
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
process; course; mechanism
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
gem; jewel; precious stone
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
middle-aged woman who looks very young for her age (as through "magic")
old body; aged person; elderly person
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave