edict; ordinance; proclamation
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
to establish; to formulate
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
one's course; one's path; one's road
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
adding something to or altering a finished work of art; something added or altered in this manner
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
way; path; route; along the way; along the road
decision; judgment; resolution
pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
native Japanese reading of a Chinese character; precept; lesson; one's teachings
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
the art of war; strategy; tactics
listener; person with normal hearing (i.e. not deaf); hearing person
Sasaki Osamu (1962.10.9-)
adoration; reverence; esteem
supreme; sublime; highest
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
each locality; each place; each region
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
Japan's best; number one in Japan
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
younger brother (of an older brother); younger sister (of an older sister); youngest child; young; younger; young and beautiful