relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
fire department (in Japan, composed of on call civilian firefighters)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
modesty; humility; being humble
nice; good; well-executed
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless