to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
immediately; at once; instantly
constitution; rules; regulation
revision; amendment; alteration
to strain every nerve; to feel nervous
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
sobbing; weeping; whimpering
postpartum; after childbirth
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
to subsist; to keep on living
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
your acquaintance; people who know
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
Sagami (former province located in present-day Kanagawa Prefecture)
Nagano (city, prefecture)
gift of money (contained in an envelope); money reward (for services rendered)
to entrust; to leave to a person
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
reconciliation; make peace with
to go out and away; to leave
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
my husband; one's family; family member
overprotective; excessive care; overprotection; overprotectiveness