mass communication; mass media
penalty; sentence; punishment
postponement; deferment; adjournment
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
outbreak of an illness; onset of an illness; appearance of symptoms
escaping from prison; jailbreak
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to help each other; to cooperate
to exchange gunfire; to exchange shots
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
engagement; business; affair; use; need
changing completely; transformation
idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)
change; transition; vicissitudes
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
teacher; instructor; professor
things on hand; things in stock; money on hand; money in one's wallet; on hand; in stock
Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district