folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper; paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony)
to pass (of time); to elapse
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
syringe; hypodermic needle; injector
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
endemic disease; local disease
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
primary school; elementary school; grade school
annual (plant); first-year student
every year; yearly; annually
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
lately; recently; nowadays
(medical) doctor; physician
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
family; members of a family
mutually; reciprocally; together
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on