hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
21st day of the month; 21 days
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
prime of one's life; stage of maturity
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
series of biographies; lives
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
enterprising; go-ahead; progressive
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
sympathy; compassion; pity
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
social; societal; societary
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
Shōji era (1199.4.27-1201.2.13)
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
to be selected; to be chosen
to start making a noise; to start making an uproar; to go berserk
Minister of the Left (second-ranked official in the Department of State under the ritsuryō system)
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
to present; to offer; to dedicate
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
lieutenant general; vice-admiral
putting into operation; invocation
brief personal record; short curriculum vitae; short CV
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
one lump; one body; one group
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity