too (much); overly; excessively
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
false charge; slander; defamation
Wakayama (city, prefecture)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
circumstances; one's situation or lot in life
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
abandoned; out-of-use; obsolete; abolished; decommissioned
barrier; gate; seki; mutual life
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
change; alteration; modification
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
participation; taking part; consultant; councillor; adviser
Department of Divinities (1868-1871); Department of Worship (under the ritsuryō system)
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
tutor to a daimyo, etc.; tutor to the emperor or crown prince (Meiji period)
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
paper-enclosed standing lantern; paper-covered wooden stand housing an oil lamp; taxi roof light
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
small cupboard on wall of tokonoma
to hang (something) on the wall
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
recitation (of a poem); chanting; singing; composition (of a poem); composed poem
image; figure; figure; form; image