giving the Emperor advice on affairs of state; assistance; counsel
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
fourth day of the month; four days
official announcement; proclamation
simply; merely; only; solely
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
outside Kyoto or the capital
demonstration; parade; show of strength
practice; practising; exercises; manoeuvres; seminar (student debates, presentations, etc.); practicum
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
to be exhausted; to be worn out
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
self-respect; esteem; self-importance; pride
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
a blooming cut flower; glorious death
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful