talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
behavior; behaviour; conduct
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
airmail; air mail; air service; air transport (of goods)
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
traditional art; traditional performance art
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
village community (esp. hierarchical, conservative and exclusive); insular community; closed society; ring; cartel; clique
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
socializing; getting on with people; personal relations
masterful performance; virtuosity
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
valuable article; valuables
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
weather forecast; weather report
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
hot spring inn; hot spring hotel; hot spring resort
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic
mystery novel; detective novel; whodunit
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
hard-to-believe; unbelievable; incredible; fabulous
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
Yamato Takeru; 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto
graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional