taking into consideration; giving consideration (to)
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
occupation forces; occupation army
death by hanging; execution by hanging
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
central government agencies; central bureaucracy
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
distrust of politics; political uncertainty
preceding paragraph; first part
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
production (e.g. play); direction
using together (jointly); used at the same time
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
to get accustomed to using
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
my book; my (humble) work; a little thing of mine
Nishiwaki Junzaburou (1894.1.20-1982.6.5)
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
neighbourhood; neighborhood
wood chips; wood offcuts; wood shavings; sawdust
Brahman (priest of Hinduism, members of the highest caste); Brahmanism; priest of Brahmanism