house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
partaking; participating; taking part in; sharing (something with someone)
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
off-shoot; noble (family) sibling
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
style of recitative dance popular during the Muromachi period
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
arms and cavalry; troops; war; military affairs
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
society; the world; the times
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
such; this sort of; like this
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
formality; social rules; social status; social standing; (arch.) amendments and enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
shop; small store; business; firm
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
tottering steps; drunken staggering
favourable direction; favorable direction; lucky direction
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to