municipal office; council; city hall
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
Okayama (city, prefecture)
grasp; catch; understanding
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
by all means; by all costs
home-schooling; studying at home
to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
proposal; offer; request; application
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
settlement; solution; resolution
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
being enrolled (at a school); being registered; being a member (of a team, organization, etc.)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
sports ground; sports oval
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)