extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
only; merely; but; no more than
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
company; corporation; workplace
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
Aomori (city, prefecture)
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
(personal) guarantor; (personal) surety; person providing a character reference
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
hairdresser; hairdressing
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
world; society; people; the public
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily