homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
up until now; as recently as the present
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
presumption; assumption; estimation
length (of an animal); body length
metre; meter; meter; gauge
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
first-aid; emergency (aid)
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
heart attack; myocardial infarction
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
high speed; rapidity; rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; No Smoking!; Smoking Prohibited!
law-like nature; regularity
the whole area; all areas
to be too late; to be too slow
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
(somebody else's) parents; both parents