older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
older sister; elder sister
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)
National Public Safety Commission
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
Sakurada Gate; Sakuradamon; southern gate of the Tokyo Imperial Palace; Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
telephone call; telephone (device)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
convalescence; recovering from an illness; recuperating
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with (skillfully); handling (well); managing
to telephone; to make a phone call
business trip; official trip
regular customer; valued client
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
to rock; to shake; to swing
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
sliding down (a slope, mountainside); slipping down
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
fall; tumble; spill; fall (in position, standing, etc.); downfall; descent