white hair; grey hair; gray hair
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
Yakult (probiotics company)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to stifle a laugh; to hold back a laugh
no!; no no!; no, not at all
rehabilitation facility for the elderly
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
how long; how far; how much
frequency (of occurrence)
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
bone marrow; medulla; true spirit; one's mind
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
chit; sales slip; voucher
stout; corpulent; plump; voluptuous
normal temperature; room temperature; constant temperature; fixed temperature
impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould); tooth mark; teeth marks
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to interrupt (with frivolous remarks, silly jokes, etc.); to butt in; to make teasing remarks
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
type A (blood, influenza, hepatitis, etc.)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
reservation; putting on hold; deferment