important matter (for discussion (deliberations))
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
consultation; question; enquiry; inquiry
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to rank next to; to come after
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
every year; yearly; annually
great commander; famous commander
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
pleasant feeling; good vibes
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
direct control; direct supervision
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
military officer; naval officer
member; regular member; active member
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
illegitimate family lineage
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
consists of; comprises; is made up of