adviser; advisor; consultant
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
eighth (place, position, etc.); having eight eyes; having many eyes; (of a fabric) having a loose knit; lamprey; eight-holed arrow whistle
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
memory; sense; experience
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
isn't it great?; carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
express messenger; postman; mailman; courier
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
(another person's) younger sister
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
permit (to pass, enter, etc.); pass
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
government; administration
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
how long; how far; how much
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner