handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
blood relationship; blood relative
family; relatives; dependents; household
to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
(of) Japanese descent; non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin; company, etc. set up with Japanese capital; company managed by Japanese or non-Japanese of Japanese descent
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
suffix for familiar person
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really
Mr; master; Ms; miss; (arch.) sir; (arch.) madam
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
non-Japanese of Japanese descent; nikkeijin
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
Hayato; ethnic group which lived in Kyūshū in ancient times and opposed the state of Yamato; man from Kagoshima
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
to be too late; to be too slow
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
department store; department
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
subscriber; reader; admirer
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
personality; style; appearance
volume number; reel number; number of volumes; number of reels; a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
murder; killing; murderer
life; living; I; me; student
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; the first of the month