border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
senior high school; high school
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
history of Japan; Japanese history
earth science; geoscience
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that