hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
performer; entertainer; celebrity
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
gathering edible wild plants
toadstool; poisonous mushroom
telop; television opaque projector; device used to broadcast onscreen text (e.g. subtitles, captions); onscreen text and images (e.g. subtitles, captions, scrolling tickers, logos)
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
matsutake mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake)
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; here and there; (sound of) walking slowly
your native country; your hometown; my home country (i.e. Japan); countryside; country; (arch.) daimyo's territory (Edo period)
to bind; to fasten; to tie up
walking heavily; lumbering
mountain hamlet; mountain village
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)
it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)
several times; once or twice
bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)
passing the winter; hibernation
wintering; passing the winter
heart-warming; kind-hearted; warm-hearted; considerate; kind; heartfelt
dimly; faintly; with a faint light; warmly; friendly; in a heartwarming manner
nightlife; night amusements
public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior
public order and morals; social standards; public policy
shady; underhanded; questionable