policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
to be helpful; to be useful
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
government; administration
to anticipate; to foresee
back country; remote countryside
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
shrine; palace; imperial residence; Imperial prince; Imperial princess; headboard with built-in shelves, drawers, etc.
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
to gather; to collect; to assemble
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
shoji (paper sliding door)
one thin flat object; one sheet
kitchen; financial situation
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily