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dinner; evening meal

1

the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor

1

Nakaizumi

1

position; job; employment; opening

1

making a living copying or writing

1

body; physique; build; stature

1

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

1

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

1

one year and a half

2

freedom; liberty

3

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

1

heartening; reassuring

1

vigorous; healthy; sound

1

Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)

1

letter of invitation

1

to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

1

summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling

1

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

1

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

8

Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)

40

eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

1

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

3

whereunder; thereunder

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

2

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

1

marquis; lord; daimyo

2

reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

1

management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)

1

we

2

naval academy

1

shameless; shameless person

1

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

1

to take root

1

in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...

1

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

1

old friend; familiar face

1

(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

1

to be based in (a place)

1

Ministry of Finance

7

assistant vice-minister (ritsuryo system, early Meiji period)

2

cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

1

to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

1

dry moat

1

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

4

how; in what way; circumstances

1

Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

1

Mimi

1

difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn

1

figured satin

18

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

7