(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
indeed; really; truly; very much
boiled and half-dried bonito
initiative; prior consideration
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
poop; poo; faeces; crap; trash; garbage
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
grandfather; male senior-citizen
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
from the start; not at all
indefinite; unlimited; life imprisonment
fine day; clear day; formal occasion
yearned for; longed for; missed
January; first month of the lunar calendar
occasional; infrequent; rare
perversity; perverse person; antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore; demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
stir-fry; stir-fried food
hating; strongly disliking
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
edge of the eaves; house frontage
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
all things in nature; the whole creation
unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise
to moisten; to wet; to profit; to enrich; to benefit
outline; summary; argument
(non-documentary) television series; teledrama; television drama; television play; video drama
power of recovery; ability to recuperate; resilience
hook-and-loop fastener; Velcro