Iwate Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
agricultural scientist; agronomist; agriculturist
educator; teacher; educationalist
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
(science of) agriculture; agricultural science
professor; teaching; instruction
to fall ill; to become indisposed; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
Tokyo Woman's Christian University
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
successive jobs; consecutive jobs
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
portrait; likeness; picture
one's house; one's home; one's family; house
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
letter; note; book; writings; literary arts; learning
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
government official; public servant; civil servant
one's own expense; out-of-pocket expense
to stand on a podium; to teach; to be a teacher
scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu
one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity
change of title; retitling; changed title
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing