meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
(social) class; rank; grade
appointment; assignment; promotion
to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out
assistant ...; probationary ...
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to surround; to crowd around
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
to paint (draw) a picture
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to shout (in anger); to yell
(short) rest; breather; break
straight-laced person; stubborn person
beautiful woman; pretty girl
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
ground cherry (Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii); husk tomato; Chinese lantern plant; children's noisemaking toy
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
(somebody's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
enemy of the emperor; rebel against the imperial government
political disturbance; political change; change of government; political upheaval; overthrowing of a government; coup d'état
to lie scattered; to be strewn with; to be covered with
incessantly; without a pause
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
wetting; love affair; lover