early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
wooden hammer; wooden mallet
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
construction; establishment
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
course of a river; land along a river
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
council; conference; consultation
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
(arch.) difference (from one another); (arch.) different thing; (arch.) other; unusual; extraordinary
abode (of a nobleman or emperor); Imperial chamber
group; faction; (political) faction; wing; school (of thought, painting, etc.); sect
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
hundred days; lengthy time
completion; perfection; accomplishment
area; zone; district; quarter; section; limits
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to exploit; to extort; to squeeze (someone); to squeeze (e.g. oil, juice); to wring out; to press out
loan (esp. between governments)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
male help; male labor; man's handwriting; (arch.) kanji
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of