Meanings

fidelity (in a romantic relationship)

arrangement of chapters

non-sovereign territory

lining

public hospital

to take the lead

soba stall with a stand-up counter only

protruding ears

to walk noisily

orthostatic intolerance

to blow (of autumn wind)

alternate succession (e.g. to throne)

standing up and walking

to save face

to rise perpendicularly

to put to use

to grow

turning thirty and therefore becoming independent

independent

to work as the backbone (of)