planned delivery; induced labour; induced labor
telex; teletypewriter exchange
senior proprietress (hostess) of a Japanese inn or restaurant
city bank; metropolitan bank
(company's) main financing bank; principal bank
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office
Assistant Vice-Minister; Deputy Director-General; Councillor
to be a burden; to make trouble for someone
secret meeting; secret conference
soba noodles eaten at night on New Year's Eve
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
to earn the nickname (of); to be dubbed
the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one
sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)
electrocardiograph; ECG; EKG
roofed mud wall around a villa or temple
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
to make somebody lose face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
one's principal residence; main home
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
to use all one's strength (ability)