insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
calendar reform; adoption of a new calendar system; new calendar (for a new year); new year
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
lineage; pedigree; good family
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
various countries; various regions; various provinces
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
professional job; profession
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to be full of pride; to be boastful
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
to degenerate; to lapse into
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
when it comes to; concerning
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name
natural disaster; cataclysm
mon; one-thousandth of a kan (unit of currency 1336-1870); 2.4 cm (traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); letter; character; scripture
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
His Majesty the Emperor; the present emperor; the reigning emperor
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
control; management (e.g. of a business)