government official; clerk
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to lend an ear to; to listen to
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
passion; temper; irritability
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to boost; to force up; to push up
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
archipelago; group of islands
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless