principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
the other day; a few days ago
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to be forward; to stick one's nose into; to meddle; to jut out; to protrude; to overhang
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered
surely (not); certainly (not)
close to; directly (e.g. staring); suddenly (e.g. stopping)
so slight as to be all but non-existent
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to know (a person); to think
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
Japanese hackberry (Celtis sinensis var. japonica); Chinese nettle tree; enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes); winter mushroom; velvet shank
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance