Saitama (city, prefecture)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to offer for sale; to put on the market
from the beginning; from scratch
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to become attached; to begin to love
experienced person; person who has had a particular experience
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
time; season; period; phase; stage
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to take; to catch; to capture
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
somewhere to go; place to go
city newsletter; city bulletin; city report
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
early (days); initial stage; initial
willpower; energy; vitality
tearfully; in tears; weeping; reluctantly; unwillingly; with a heavy heart
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
memory; sense; experience
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less