here and there; in places
filtrand; filter residue; residue
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
Leigh (Britain); Ri; Li; Lie
gnomon; stationary arm of sundial
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
same crime; being equally guilty
success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility
Chinese scholar-bureaucrat; Chinese scholar-official
how can (one) do something
favourite horse; favorite horse
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
administrative district; ward
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
man of the hour; woman of the hour
to be conspicuous; to stand out
popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language; adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing
official history; authorized history
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
pleasure cruise; sightseeing boat; excursion boat
office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
along the road (e.g. following its curves without turning off at any intersection); along the street
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
white; striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus); speech; one's lines; white dragon tile; winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles; (arch.) white person