My words

お見合い

Formal marriage interview

発足

Starting, inauguration, launch, founding, establishment, start-up

遥かに

Far off, in the distance, long ago, far, by far, far and away

向き合う

To be opposite, to face each other

安らぎ

Peace (of mind), tranquility, tranquillity, serenity

形態

Form, shape, figure

敢えて

Purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.), daringly (doing something), deliberately, intentionally, Not necessarily, not particularly, not especially, Definitely not

他愛

Altruism

死産

Stillbirth

順序

Order, sequence, procedure

見栄張る

To be pretentious, to put on airs

謝恩会

Thank-you party

鰥

Widower, divorced man not remarried

嫌う

To hate, to dislike, to loathe

抜粋

Extract, excerpt, selection

過程

Process, course, mechanism

何らか

Some, any, in any way, of some kind, of some sort

孕む

To conceive, to become pregnant, To get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind), to be swollen with, To contain (e.g. contradiction or danger), To be swollen and ripe (of a plant ear, head, or sprout)

対外

External, foreign

追放

Exile, banishment, eviction, deportation, transportation

鳩時計

Cuckoo clock

途轍もない

Extravagant, absurd, unbelievable, preposterous, unreasonable, Enormous, tremendous, extraordinary, monumental

諄い

Verbose, importunate, wordy, repetitious, long-winded, Heavy (taste), rich, strong, cloying, gaudy, loud

不快

Unpleasant, displeasure, discomfort

不手際

Clumsiness, awkwardness, ineptitude

駆け引き

Bargaining, haggling, Tactics, strategy

総支配人

General manager

聞き込み

Getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)

好き勝手

Doing whatever one pleases

新田

New rice field, newly developed rice field, Wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)