declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
Nagano (city, prefecture)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
zest for living; energy to live
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
fifth day of the month; five days
anthology; collection of works
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
sorry; excuse me; thank you
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
police; police officer; police station
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
how; in what way; by what means
just one person; only one
living abroad; life overseas
child rearing; child raising; raising children; parenting
cooperation; collaboration
two persons; two people; pair; couple
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy