companion; partner; spouse
to remain married for life
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
it is I who should say so
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
catercorner; diagonally opposite
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
educational system; school system
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
income; receipts; revenue
private tutor; coach; governess
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
future (usually near); prospects
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
smoothly; easily; readily
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
this occasion; at this time; now
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance