the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor
position; job; employment; opening
making a living copying or writing
body; physique; build; stature
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)
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)
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
shameless; shameless person
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)
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
old friend; familiar face
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
assistant vice-minister (ritsuryo system, early Meiji period)
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
how; in what way; circumstances
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
main question; real issue at hand