recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
not yet known; unknown; strange
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
point card; loyalty card; reward card
use; utilization; utilisation; application
sounding continuously (phone, alarm, etc.)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
to get damp; to get moist; to get soggy; to become humid
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
(period of) a year; during an era
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
Niigata (city, prefecture)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa