live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
imagination; supposition; guess
contradiction; inconsistency
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
not a little; not a few; considerable
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to hunt down
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
primary school; elementary school; grade school
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
graduation ceremony; commencement
address in reply (e.g. at a ceremony); formal reply
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
reading aloud; recitation
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
depending on; dependent on
remembering (and honoring) the teachings of Buddha
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
district headman; head county official
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
president (of a society); chairman
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
observation; survey; watching