social gathering; get-together; (friendly) meeting
construction worker; laborer (labourer); navvy
dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
outsider; layman; amateur
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
being widely read and having a highly retentive memory
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
field of early-blooming (or ripening) rice
long talk; long-winded speech
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
(walking) stick; cane; wand
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
red-lacquered sword sheath
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
women's bath; women's section in a public bath
feudal warrior; samurai; old soldier; veteran; old hand
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
prodigy; talented person; person of exceptional talent; genius
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)