death with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)
summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
show tent; circus tent; freak show
resolute; determined; bold
loess; yellow ochre; yellow ocher; (arch.) Hades; (arch.) hell
dark-red pigment; rouge; dark red; deep red; cochineal
tourism association; tourist association; tourism bureau
to give permission to marry
proprietress-to-be of a Japanese inn or restaurant
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
Ishikawa prefecture (Hokuriku area)
consolation money; compensation for breaking off relations (e.g. with a mistress); settlement
entertainment; hospitality; banishment (Edo period)
realistic; graphic; true to life
to sweep the slate clean; to start again from the beginning; to do it all over again
alternation of generations
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
best friend; very close friend
general election (of the lower house)
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
maternity and gynaecology department (gynecology); department of obstetrics and gynaecology (gynecology)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to become desperate; to give in to despair
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted