baby hatch (for unwanted newborns); foundling wheel
memorial service held on the seventh day following a person's death
maternity health record book; mother and child health notebook
maternity room; delivery room
data collecting party; news crew
raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
clear solution; clean decision
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
scene of an accident; crash site; accident scene
objectivity; objective; object (philosophical)
salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
parliamentarian; member of a congress
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
unsettled; pending; unresolved
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
greeting; a fine thing to say
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
complete works; complete collection; complete series
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
viewing as a problem; problematizing
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
to be wrought up; to be on edge; to get irritated; to get excited (about); to be unsettled
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person