committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
Japan time; Japan Standard Time; JST
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
Iwate prefecture (Tōhoku area)
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
yukata (light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
wabi-sabi; aesthetic sense in Japanese art centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
spirits (distilled beverage)
sprouting; budding; crush (esp. on an imaginary character in manga, etc.); fascination; infatuation
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
standard; set; routine; decided
to get heavy; to worsen (of illness); to grow serious
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
breasts; boobies; tits; breast milk
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
witnessing; observing; sighting
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
plural; multiple; several
by today; before the day is over
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with