to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
approval; license; licence; permission
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
just because; even if; even though
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
not necessarily so; is not always true
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
preventive measure; recurrence prevention; relapse prevention
assembling a criminal case
princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
lost article; something forgotten
sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama); millet dumplings
sunrise; half-melon shaped bun
loveable; very likeable; like very much
Okayama (city, prefecture)
to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember
thunderbird (North-American indigenous mythical spirit bird)
Kuroshio Current; Japan Current
Shinkansen electrics and track inspection train
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
assertion; declaration; affirmation
assistance payment; subsidiary aid
receiving payments (pension, ration)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit