to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
first generation; founder
Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
government office building
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
railroad; railway; rail transport
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
influential person; man of importance
cooperation; collaboration
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
retirement; resignation; stepping down
interested person; volunteer; supporter
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen
affectionate father; loving father
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
every place; various places
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
new land; new world; new sphere of activity