fixed date; appointed date; set date; deadline; due date
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
retrial; reopening of a case; review; reexamination
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
Nagano (city, prefecture)
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
custody; detention; confinement
(official) audience; interview; reception; meeting with one's lawyer (while detained or imprisoned)
testimony; (verbal) evidence
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
Japanese history; history of Japan
results; record; grades; marks
such; like that; that sort of
roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; person with a strong backbone; person that does incredible things; person of considerable talent
to recall; to remember; to recollect
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
imperial decree; imperial edict
male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
literally; to the letter; literal
marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping; marriage where the person courted was already married