obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
one after another; in rapid succession
to make up one's mind; to be determined
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
attending a government office; going to work (for a government official)
government office building
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
being very busy; busyness
to neglect; to leave undone; to lay aside
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
sleeping outdoors; sleeping out in the open air; camping
wife and children; (arch.) wife
(death from) starvation; starving to death
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
a pair (of shoes or socks)
voluntary; optional; free; elective
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)