prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
around the end of (a period of time)
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
sky; the heavens; God; the Lord; ascension (into heaven)
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
nothing but; none other than
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
open; public; official; overt
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
regular script (of Chinese characters); square style; block style; Chinese pistache (Pistacia chinensis)
remission; improvement; relief (of pain, symptoms, etc.)
group; bunch; crowd; group
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
civil and military officers
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to take care; to mind; to be attentive
way of speaking; intimation