to live up to expectations; to meet expectations
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
resignation; seventy years of age
succession to headship of a family
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
distinguished service; meritorious service
Minister of Education, Science and Culture
suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
priest who was also a street performer and performed prayers and other religious duties for the sake of other people
to be enthralled by; to be disguised as
for dear life; barely escaping alive
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
mountain hamlet; mountain village
palace annex; shrine annex
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
first cry of a newborn baby
birth; creation; formation
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
small Zen temple built to commemorate the death of a high priest; minor temple in the grounds of a head temple
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason
Japanese snowbell; styrax japonica