difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
adverse circumstances; adversity
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
development; exploitation
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
special duty; being in sole charge of a duty; senior managing director; executive director
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
serious; severe; grave; acute
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
by means of; due to; because of; according to
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
how; in what way; how about; questionable
don't you think?; indicates question
resigning from a company on marriage (of a woman)
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
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)
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)