to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
elder sister; older female friend
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
to wash away; to rinse off
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
operation (of a bus or train service); service; running; movement (of a heavenly body); motion; revolution
reopening; resumption; restarting
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
another prefecture; other prefectures
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing from the starting station (of a bus, train, etc.)
(political) power; authority; influence
to be worth it; to pay; to be profitable
gift of money (contained in an envelope); money reward (for services rendered)
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
transit (passenger); connecting (flight); transfer (ticket)
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
large amount of money; great cost
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace