busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
document; official papers
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
printing type; movable type; printed text; print
walking encyclopedia; walking dictionary
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
before it happens; previously
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
January; first month of the lunar calendar