charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
going to the capital; working in a government office
coexistence; living together
medical science; medicine
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
to keep secret; to conceal
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
commander; general; leader
special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi); secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
illegitimate family lineage
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
lodging; boarding; boarding house; school dormitory
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility); visiting card; name card
employer's house; master's house
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
serious crime; heavy punishment
refutation; rebuttal; retort