job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
branch office; branch store
factory; plant; mill; workshop
to entrust; to leave to a person
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
cognitive impairment; senility; dementia
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
to stop; to quit; to put an end to
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
admission (e.g. to a training institution, research establishment, social welfare facility, etc.); entrance; imprisonment; internment; confinement
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
transfer student; student changing schools
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
letter; missive; note; mail
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
Everyone is safe (all right)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
time; season; period; phase; stage
to become a thing of the past
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
burned down; entirely destroyed
almost; roughly; approximately
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down