bet; wager; stake; gamble
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
same village; same town; same province
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
first time; first; initial
to work together (in the same class, workplace, etc.); to be classmates; to sit side by side; (lit.) to put (one's) desks side by side
being a graduate of the same school; person who went to the same school; fellow alumnus
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
bachelor's life; life of a bachelor
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
property; fortune; means; assets
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
around-the-clock; (working) day and night
copying (by hand); transcribing
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
one's own expense; out-of-pocket expense
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
extinct plants and animals
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
medical science; medicine
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody