storage room; store room; lumber room
conifer; needle-leaved tree
expression; presentation; representation; notation
scene; view; prospect; outlook
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)
(water-filled) paddy field
mountain's surface; bare surface of a mountain
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
mechanization; mechanisation; computerization
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; foothills
to crouch; to squat; to cower
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
kaki; Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth)
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to follow in succession; to happen one after another