to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku); (lit.) stewed potato party
4th day of the month; four days
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to expel (from the body); to let off (a fart); to utter (a lie, nonsense, etc.); to say; to do
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
attendance; presence; appearance
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
idealistic theory; unrealistic argument
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
heroine; great woman; brave woman; woman of strong character; Amazon
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
genius; prodigy; natural gift
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
scene of the crime (offense, offence)
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to prowl after; to keep watch on
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
tail (of an animal); tail end; tip
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them