demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
twenty-third day of the month; twenty-three days
to have a name entered in the family register
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to concern; to be related
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
two years later; year after next
pessary; contraceptive diaphragm for vaginal use
directions; instructions; usage method
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
sons and daughters; children; girl
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
to underrate; to make light of
common person; foolish commoner
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
bringing up; rearing; upbringing
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly