institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
national border; provincial border
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
a few people; small number of people
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
change of occupation; career change
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
remnants of a defeated army
stealthily; secretly; in secret
regular employment; typical employment
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
some people; a few people; several people
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
government service; the bureaucracy
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
a lot; to a very great extent; absolutely
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane