to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
near; close; beside; third person
for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
picturesque scenery; place of scenic beauty
building (a temple, palace, etc.); construction; erection
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. boxing, baseball)
new building; annexe; annex
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
capital; metropolis; old Kyoto
cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
recovery; rescue; recapture
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
place of scenic beauty; picturesque place; beauty spot
look like; sound like; savor of; smack of
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
endless; boundless; everlasting
having fun in groups; swimming in groups; shoaling; forming a shoal
holding one's ground; defending local authority
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
kōji; malted rice; malt; malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
secret order of the Emperor; confidential imperial command
proceeding to the capital
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
English writing; English sentence; English text; English literature; English lit
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
the Emperor's command; private message from an emperor
the five Confucian filial-piety relationships
round-necked robe worn by members of nobility and the imperial court
solely; entirely; only; or
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
money-making; commercialized; commercialised