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 (ritsuryō system)
government; administration; ministry
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)
stairs; stairway; staircase
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
then; well; so; well then
have a good day; take care; see you
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
participation; joining; entry
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
senior high school; high school
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
that is to say; so that means
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
matter for the police; brush with the law
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
superintendent of education
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff