native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
very; greatly; exceedingly
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
diploma; licence; license
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
that's the way it is; such is life
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
very; much; greatly; a lot of
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
negotiations; bargaining; dialogue; duet
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
same person; said person; the person in question; coterie; clique; dōjin
one's business; one's duties
difficult to ...; hard to ...
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
quinquennial; recurring every five years
relative; person to whom one is close
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
writing; composition; essay; sentence
the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime
(Edo-period) town magistrate
petition; complaint; (legal) brief
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model