to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
Emperor's Birthday (national holiday; February 23)
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
nursery school; day nursery; preschool
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
space (room, area, outer space)
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?
hygiene management; hygiene control; sanitation
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
childcare worker; kindergarten teacher
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
father; dad; husband; you; he
association; union; guild
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
understood; I see; OK; present; here
clerk; office worker; office staff
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings; sokaiya
electricity; (electric) light
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
complete recovery; healing
serious wound; serious injury
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
in spite of; regardless of
lack of evidence; insufficient evidence
release; liberation; acquittal
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping