union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
allegiance; obedience; submission
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
loss; defeat; counter for losses
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
influential person; man of importance
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
final; eventual; ultimate
submission; return to allegiance
fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
out of range; outside the limits (of...); outside (a) range; outside the scope
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); titled lady (legal wife of an important official); government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); clerk working for large temples and shrines
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
document; official papers
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
regarding highly; attaching importance to
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to take over; to hand over
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
vice-minister; undersecretary
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
office organization; office organisation; management; managerial post
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to differ; to vary; to disagree
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of