paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
absorption; suction; attraction
distribution; circulation
skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to be absorbed in; to devote oneself (to); to give oneself over (to)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
manager; administrator; landlord; root (user)
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
9th day of the month; nine days
suddenly; all of a sudden
and yet; though; when; in spite of
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
familiarity; intimacy; acquaintance
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
participation in government; state councillor (in the ritsuryō system); state councilor; vice-minister (early Meiji period); Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor
talk about various topics
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
being moved (to tears); being touched (by); (falling) softly (of leaves, petals, etc.); becoming slightly drunk; becoming tipsy
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (the contents); to tell everything; to open one's heart; to reveal (a secret, the truth, etc.)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar