little power; little influence; (one's) poor ability; limited ability; what little one can do
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
large size (paper, book, etc.); ōban; large oval gold coin used in the Edo period
multicolumn layout; column setting
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
the place for; the time for; the level of
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
one end; an end; part; fragment
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
quotation (to support one's argument); citation (e.g. of a precedent); invocation; claim
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
to pen; to write; to draw
unpublished; not yet announced
control; management (e.g. of a business)
unity of church and state; theocracy
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
sleeping away from home; overnight stay when traveling
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
operation; functioning; running
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
(arch.) provincial governor's office; provincial governorate (beginning in the late Heian period)
exclusive; attached to; specialist
outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
to give rein to (imagination)
history of poetry (esp. Chinese); history recorded in the form of poetry