health care center; health care centre; animal shelter
being excessively cautious; (lit.) knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it
division; section; demarcation; partition; segmentation; subdivision
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
off an island; away from an island; off-island
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
extremely; exceptionally; extraordinarily; terribly; super
tank (of liquid); tank (military vehicle)
seed stock; seed grain; foundation seed; pure breed; original strain; ancestor
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
talk; story; conversation
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
expressive power; inventiveness; creative power
literary woman; talented woman
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
by hook or by crook; by all possible means
frontier (esp. the American frontier); frontier (of a field); forefront (of science, technology)
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
distribution map; distribution diagram
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
all members; everybody; regular member
to pocket an insult; to choke back one's tears
village; hamlet; countryside; country
88 years old; (arch.) rice
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
person (patient) with minor illness; person showing only minor symptoms (of a disease)