demotion; relegation; reduction in rank; degradation; downward move
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
Yamaguchi prefecture (Chūgoku area)
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with
white stone; white (go pieces)
section manager; section chief
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
document; official papers
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
job hunting; job searching
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
regular; ordinary (e.g. session of parliament); established usage; precedent; regular practice
autumn breeze; fall breeze
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73