plain wood; unfinished woodwork
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
shore; bank (of a body of water)
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
the same grade; same class
memories; recollections; reminiscence
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to grow up; to become an adult
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
as a child; when one was a child
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
a long time ago; in those days
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
by means of; due to; because of; according to