hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
cabinet (of a government); ministry
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
to concern; to be related
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
taking charge; management
central government agencies; central bureaucracy
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
abundant harvest; bumper crop
agricultural community; farm village; rural
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
money brought to a funeral; incense money; fee for a geisha's time
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
metre; meter; meter; gauge
at that time; in those days
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
woman; lady; adult female
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
scholar of literature; literary person; man of letters; writer
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
mushi-ken; Japanese rock-paper-scissors variant, in which the "frog", "snake" and "slug" are represented by the thumb, forefinger and little finger respectively
game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman
jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)
miraculous efficacy; miracle; miraculous virtue
crawling on the ground; shuffling on one's knees; cripple