calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
military personnel; soldier
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
Genbun era (1736.4.28-1741.2.27)
government service; the bureaucracy
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
job; work; duties; trade; skill
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
to be of benefit; to be useful; to be good for you
to become possible; to become able to (do)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
degree of familiarity; popularity
leadership; initiative; spearhead
language learning ability; foreign language skills; linguistic ability
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
attendance; participation; presence
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to save; to leave over; to spare
place; room; margin; scope
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate