Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
troops; group members; team members
direct control; direct supervision
special position in the civil service (exempted from application of the Local Public Service Act)
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
small; fine; detailed; stingy
minute adjustment; fine tuning
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject (philosophical); protagonist
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
manner of walking; horse gait
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
ayumi-ashi; walking forwards or backwards with a sliding motion (kendo)
footwork (in martial arts, sports, etc.)
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
root; origin; source; Ōmoto (religion)
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter