seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
in the prefecture; prefectural
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
inquiry; enquiry; query; reference
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
scrap; junk; waste material
example; illustration; precedent
abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character; acronym; abbreviation
Buddhist ritual implements (esp. altar fittings)
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
had better ...; had better not ...
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
article; thing; object; property; real estate
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.); cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.); (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors
laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
ferrule (of a cane, umbrella, etc.); butt end (of a lance, pike, etc.); hard tip (of a mushroom stem)
in the fire; in the flames; (arch.) burning (something)
business trip; official trip