transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
construction; establishment
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
athletic club; fitness club; gym; sports club
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
feeling of vitality; sense of being alive
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
comedian; actor who plays comic roles; figure of fun; laughing stock
walking briskly; determinedly
along; parallel to; in accordance with
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
thicket; coppice; brushwood
change; transition; vicissitudes
doctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic
private clinician; physician in private practice
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
one's younger days; when one was young
in one's lifetime; (while) in life
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
desperately; for one's dear life
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to have a smattering knowledge of
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out