under 1 year old (of a baby); (lit.) 0 years old
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Fukuoka prefecture (Kyushu)
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to move (house); to change residence
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
primary school; elementary school; grade school
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
story; tale; talk; discussion
(period of) a year; during an era
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
senior high school; high school
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
until now; so far; up to the present
all; entire; whole; altogether
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago