proposal; offer; request; application
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
to run a shop; to have a shop
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
to make a success in life
husband and wife both working (for a living); joint breadwinning (by husband and wife)
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)
scheduled date; expected date; date a baby is due; expected delivery date; due date
directions; instructions; orders; command
along the road; along the way
Motoyama Station (Nagoya)
crossing a mountain; other side of a mountain; immediately after one's draw; winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left
careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
inn with hot spring facilities; hot spring inn; hot spring ryokan; onsen ryokan
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
last (on the list); (at the) bottom; (in) last position; tailender
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
wax tree (Toxicodendron succedaneum); Japanese wax tree
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
settlement; solution; resolution
to have something to do with; to be concerned with; to have a connection with; to become involved in (something negative); to become entangled in; to get mixed up in
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
steamship; steamboat; steamer
source; origin; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
secret; private (information)
telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out
worry; care; consideration
being settled; coming to a conclusion
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
plaintive; piteous; doleful
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
living in rented quarters