extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
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
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
district of a town; city block (of irregular size)
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
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
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
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
(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
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
home area; home town; local