deep emotion; strong feelings
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
clearly; distinctly; vividly
detective agency; enquiry agency
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
audio tape; magnetic tape
condition; state of preservation
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
second-hand shop; recycle shop
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
guess; speculation; supposition
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
to start writing; to begin (a book, letter, etc.)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
ability; performance; efficiency
extreme; terrible; absurd; unreasonable; fool; idiot
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
broken; intermittent; disconnected
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to listen again; to ask again
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know