I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
government service; the bureaucracy
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
prison officer; corrections officer; penal officer; prison guard; jailor; warder
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
one of these days; someday; one day
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
cooking expert; culinary researcher
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
infants; babies and very young children
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
the text; the main clause; the main part of a document
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
ninth day of the month; nine days