criticism; critique; review; comment; critical essay
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
speech; tongue; talk; dialect; brogue; accent
poetry party; tanka competition; gathering of tanka poets
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
approach (to a castle gate); front of a structural member
cost of a car; carfare; honorarium (to cover transportation costs); travel expenses (customarily given by wedding hosts to guests who have travelled from afar)
to bring (someone into a place); to lead into
government and people; government and private sector; public and private sector
breaking up (a meeting, gathering, etc.); dispersal (e.g. of a crowd); dissolution (of a company, organization, etc.); winding-up; dissolution (of the Diet, Parliament, etc.)
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
business trip; official trip
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
one's family register; one's domicile; nationality; membership (club, party, etc.)
official business; public business
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
in the prefecture; prefectural
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
enduring something out of pride; putting up with it; grinning and bearing it
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
Gunma Prefecture (Kanto area)
the same prefecture; the said prefecture
sericulturist; silk grower; silkworm raiser
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)