holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility
clear; bright; plain; obvious
in low spirits; dejected; sad
was just in; just left; just did
quick; rapid; swift; satisfactory
to come to (a serious state); to reach
now that; since; as long as; provided that
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
talk; story; conversation
secret; private; surreptitious
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; all around; here and there; four sides (of a square)
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
leaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. integrifolia); mustard greens
(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
agreement; assent; Norway
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
tension; mental strain; nervousness
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration
evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month)
Minister of the Interior (669-1868 CE); Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945 CE)
(licensed) red light district
official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat); basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music); (arch.) room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
in order; in turn; one by one