dress; attire; clothing; getup; outfit; personal appearance
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
power; authority; jurisdiction
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
(political) power; authority; influence
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
avoiding or dodging responsibility
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
strict prohibition; ban; interdiction
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to be detained; to take time
management; administration; operation
many problems; various problems
source of river; fountainhead
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
former (incumbent); predecessor
at a young age; while still young
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
health hazard; health damage
first report (esp. of an incident, disaster, or news story); initial report