skilled manager; resourceful general
record high; all-time high
adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
(period of) a year; during an era
top hat; high hat; silk hat; topper
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
since that time; since then; from that point (on)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
plot; conspiracy; conference
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
such; like that; that sort of; very
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
long; drawn-out; very long
if things go wrong; if the worst happens
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
full dress; formal dress; uniform
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point