to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
literally; to the letter; literal
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
after that; afterwards; thereafter
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
nursing in the home by visiting nurses
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
use; utilization; utilisation; application
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to take over; to hand over
to sell off; to sell completely
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)