local government employee; local civil servant
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
preparatory school (for entrance examinations); cram school; cramming school
clerk; office worker; office staff
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
internal organs; intestines; viscera
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
second marriage; remarriage
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
intimacy; affection; familiarity
meaning; significance; sense
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
notes; comment; remark; annotation
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood