child consultation center; child consultation centre
to change; to shift; to come and go
expiration of term of office
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
entering a faith; joining a religion
nursery school teacher; childcare worker
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
a Buddha; deceased person
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
second month of the lunar calendar
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
discipline; training; teaching manners
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
chair; stool; post; office; position
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
skilled person; capable person; doer; performer; giver; bestower
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
to shake; to sway; to waver
patting; stroking; caressing
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
baggage; luggage; burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
to overlook (a mistake, fault, etc.); to tolerate; to let pass; to give someone a break; to let someone off lightly; to be lenient
aloneness; loneliness; solitude