to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
chief vassal; senior statesman
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
preeminence; supremacy; distinction; excellence
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
one's person; around one's person
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
internal organ; viscera; gut
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
letter; missive; note; mail
looking on (somebody) as hostile
worldly affairs; ways of the world
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
switching over to; migration; transition
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
(arch.) clearly; (arch.) brightly; cleanly; purely
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
armed might; military power; the sword; force
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
fifth day of the month; five days