retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery; confinement
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to complete decisively; to do to completion
March; third month of the lunar calendar
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
January; first month of the lunar calendar
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
particularly; only; in the case of
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
great war; great battle; world war
brush; clash; encounter; skirmish
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
ordinary (esp. life or behavior); typical; conventional; standard; average
to amuse oneself; to make merry
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
prohibition; inhibition; ban
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
and (also); both ... and; as well as
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be