close contact (person); high-risk contact
to find oneself fearful; to have an awful time
imprisonment (without forced labour); incarceration; confinement
finishing early (e.g. work, a game); entering elementary school a year earlier than others
(separate) house; detached house
consumer financing firm; loan shark
troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
emergency transport; ambulance transport
(deposit) passbook; bankbook
fatal accident; deadly accident
addition; annexation; appendage
car (running) on the opposite lane; oncoming car
rape blossoms; rapeseed flowers
lapis lazuli blue; bright blue; azure
conjugal relations; conjugal affection
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
insurance payout; insurance money
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
answering machine; answer phone
moneylending; moneylender
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began
report; notification; registration
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors