rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
chisel; burin; graver; gad; jumper
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
(being in) reduced circumstances; (having) fallen into poverty
encouragement; urging; spurring on; chastising by whipping
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
(not) in the least; (not) at all
to differ; to vary; to disagree
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
must not; should not; do not
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
tenth day of the month; ten days
suddenly; all of a sudden
executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements
job; work; duties; trade; skill
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to have secret communication with; to have a tacit understanding with
plotting; planning (crime, intrigue); ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
from afar; over a great distance; all the way