approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
exclusively; (taking) best care
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
3000; three thousand; many
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
ration; stipend; allowance
every month; monthly; month by month
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
Inoue Gorou (1899.8.16-1981.11.18)
manager; steward; factotum; useful person
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
red-light district; prostitution quarter; geisha quarter
besides; in addition; also; moreover
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
surgery; department of surgery (hospital, etc.)
bedside; near one's pillow
guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)