March; third month of the lunar calendar
Aomori (city, prefecture)
prefectural border; prefectural boundary
at one's feet; underfoot; a respectful term written after the addressee's name in a formal letter; you; thou
exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
municipal office; council; city hall
official copy of the family register
one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives)
document; official papers
government office; public office
major cleanup; spring cleaning
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
branch office; agency; sub-branch
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
to look down on; to make light of
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
to soak into; to permeate
brilliant achievement; spectacular feat; splendid accomplishment; remarkable deed
mass communication; mass media
to underrate; to make light of