bento; Japanese box lunch; Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices
packing; crating; packaging
will not do; do not; does not
to resign from one's post
calligrapher; individual with good penmanship
small festival on the eve of the main festival (esp. of the Gion festival)
changing into cash; encashment; cashing
end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
Imperial Household Agency
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
fragrant wood; aromatic tree
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
under repair; out of service
large screen (TV, film, etc.)
calculated; premeditated; considered
accompaniment for traditional performances (noh, kabuki, etc.); orchestra; band
quickening; foetal (fetal) movement; fomenting (trouble)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
10,000,000,000; ten billion
style (of a work, author, artist, etc.); characteristics
associate; junior; assistant; runner-up
one's real father; natural father; biological father
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
long ago; once upon a time
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
winning a prize or place (in a contest)
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs