kitchen island; kitchen with a kitchen island
thank you gift; gift given as thanks for a favor or for attending a funeral, etc.; gift sent from a locality to a tax payer as part of the "hometown tax" program
hometown tax; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government
payment default; overdue on a payment
counter-proposal; counter-suggestion
first anniversary of a person's death
third year of high school; third-year high-school student
gift brought to a funeral (usu. money); funeral offering; condolence gift; (lit.) incense money
fighting against an illness
to pull down; to automatically debit (from a bank account)
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
first year of high school; first-year high school student
nutriment; nutritious substance; nourishment
city planning; urban planning; town planning
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
apricot (Prunus armeniaca)
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
growing wild (naturally); native
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; makeover; updating
insurance payout; insurance money
reason for being; raison d'être