to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
landowner; landlord; landlady
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
government official; clerk
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to employ; to hire; to charter
the last moment; the very end
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
construction; architecture (of buildings)
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
all over; all over the place; everywhere
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
family or person with samurai ancestors
government; administration
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
relation; connection; affinity
to finish; to end; to close
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end
when; how soon; how long until
agreement; stipulation; contract
breaking (an agreement, promise); cancellation (of a contract)
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
difference; discrepancy; variation
contract; compact; agreement
sending word (by letter, messenger, etc.); writing (to someone)
to enquire; to inquire; to seek information
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with