self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
the matter you have been talking about
appointment; assignment; promotion
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
ignorance; inexperience; unfamiliarity
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
close to the wall; alongside the wall
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
retainer; retinue; servant
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
leader of a delegation (body, party)
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
heaven and earth; top and bottom
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
lost property; something dropped and left behind
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff