official business; public business
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
grey moustache; white beard
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
prime minister; premier; chancellor
Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
water's edge; beach; shore
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
second line of a four-line Chinese poem
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to rule; to govern; to administer
Ministry of Revenue (Tang-dynasty China)
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
imperial decree; imperial edict
office and rank; an official rank
random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
presumption; assumption; estimation
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
maid of honor; maid of honour
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
secretary (government); director; chief
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)