material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
don't you think?; indicates question
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to rest one's chin in one's hands
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; candidly; frankly
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
Chiba prefecture (Kanto area)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
literally; to the letter; literal
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
postwar period; period after Second World War
striking; remarkable; considerable