to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to be needed; to be wanted
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
originally; by nature; from the start
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
returning to one's parents' house to give birth; giving birth at one's parents' home
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
name; given name; first name
to be born; to come into the world
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
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