bureau director; office chief
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
relation; connection; relevance
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
vice-minister; undersecretary
honorific/polite/humble prefix
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
story; tale; talk; discussion
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well ...; I think ...
please sit down; please have a seat
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
chima; long skirt traditionally worn by Korean women
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to be found; to be discovered
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that