starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
enactment; establishment; creation
bhava (becoming, existence)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
(passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses
change in the law; legal reform
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
retrenchment; curtailment
vicious circle; vicious cycle
motorization; motorisation
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
splish-splash; with a splash
to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)
splish-splash; with a splash
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
your husband; her husband
Tochigi (city, prefecture)
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
(coming to a) sudden stop