to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
something small; something petty; trifle
last century; ancient times
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
to write from top to bottom; to write out (at a stretch); to write without a pause; to rewrite classical Chinese in Japanese word order
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
send specially; special envoy
envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
important point; essential part; vital point; important state matters
government service; the bureaucracy
polite; respectful; reverent
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
hallway slippers; indoor shoes; overshoes; rubbers; galoshes
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
permission; licence; license
dakuten; diacritic kana mark that turns an unvoiced consonant into a voiced consonant
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)