Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd (Japanese newspaper company)
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
Tōkyō Nichinichi Shimbun (1872-1943, became the Mainichi Shimbun)
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
to chase; to run after; to pursue
grandfather; male senior-citizen
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
public relations section or department
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to take over; to hand over
to hide; to keep to oneself
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
each newspaper; every newspaper
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
benevolence (esp. as a virtue of Confucianism); consideration; human; kernel; nucleolus
opposite side; other side; other party