very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
established practice; custom
to get accustomed to using
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to order; to command; to appoint
Asuka period (550-710 CE)
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
servant; valet; (arch.) someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family; (arch.) low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Ritsuryo system); (arch.) ox-tender for oxcarts; (arch.) horse boy
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
commission; entrusting with (work); part-time employee; temporary work
Japanese poem; waka; tanka
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
to be conspicuous; to stand out
economic conditions; economic situation; financial situation; financial circumstances
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
to be contented; to be at ease
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
like this; this sort; this way