first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north); white patch on one foot of a horse; horse with such a patch; surface (landscape) that is white all over; pure white
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
fields (of rice and other crops)
all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)
narrowness; meanness; humbleness; lowliness
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
government service; the bureaucracy
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (1871-2001)
vice-minister; undersecretary
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
attached; belonging (to); included; enclosed; affiliated; annexed
enrolled student; registered student
mountain hiking; walking in the mountains
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
many; much; plenty; hardly
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
last summer; summer of last year
opening of the whole (railway line)
free medical treatment; gratuitous treatment
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building