notice; attention; observation
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
healthy; sound; wholesome
senior high school student
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
android; artificial human; robot
to like; to prefer; to be pleased by
another kind; distinct species; variety
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to (suddenly) get into a specific mood; (lit.) to get switched on
to begin talking; to open up
living thing; living creature; animal; life
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
100,000,000; one hundred million
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of