cooperation; collaboration
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
letter; missive; note; mail
periodic; regular; routine
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
scene; spectacle; sight; view
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
furious facial expression
serious; not joking; straight
tenth day of the month; ten days
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
armchair theory; impracticable theory
to put into effect; to put into practice