report; notification; registration
bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
short break; breather; brief recess; rest
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
new government; new administration
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
classical elegance; antiquity
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945); Minister of the Interior (669-1868)
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
reinstatement; reappointment
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office); samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)
mechanism; organization; organisation
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
provincial governor (under the ritsuryo system, any of a group of officials, esp. the director)
system; institution; organization; organisation
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
(most) important; principal; pivotal; key; cardinal