your body; your health; yourself; you
babysitting; babysitter; nanny; taking care of; looking after; accompanying
topic of discussion; agenda
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
economic; financial; fiscal
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
extensive; vast range; wide scope
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
direction; trend; directionality; directivity; goal; aim
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
(not saying anything) no matter what
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
together with; same; both; all; including ...
research expenses; research costs
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
applicant; candidate; volunteer
unconditionally; as a rule
exploitation; overuse; abuse
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
tide; current; tendency; trend
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
writing; composition; essay; sentence
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope