difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green
novel; story; (work of) fiction
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to become muddy; to become slushy
homecoming; return to one's home
deceased father; late father
important ceremonial occasions in family relationships
attendance; presence; appearance
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
acting as a foster parent; caring for another's child; foster parent
to care for someone; to look after someone
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Tottori (city, prefecture)
older brother and younger sister
Tottori Prefecture (Chūgoku area)
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
manly; masculine; like a man
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
being excessively cautious; (lit.) knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)