to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
hypotonic contractions (during labor (labour)); uterine inertia; weak labor; weak labour; slow labor; slow labour
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
difficult delivery; difficult childbirth; dystocia
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
to telephone; to call in; to ring in; to contact by phone
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
successor; replacement; second wife
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
near; close; beside; third person
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
dozens; scores of; decades
bare livelihood; subsistence
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout