throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank
stipend (paid to court officials, samurai, etc.); salary; fief; (arch.) gift (given as a reward); (arch.) token of appreciation
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to be charged with a mission
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
founder; organizer; organiser
(one's) speech; expression of views; discussion
packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously
study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy
rousing (courage, morale, etc.); encouragement; advocacy; promotion (of a belief); encouragement
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
yearning; longing for; deep affection
taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism
(both) openly and covertly; publicly and privately; implicitly and explicitly
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
admiration of Chinese culture (as opposed to Japanese culture); the Chinese spirit; Chinese soul
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
the emperor's personal inspection
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage
ceremonial weapon; ceremony
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
taking into consideration; making allowances
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
yen (currency of Japan); circle
13th day of the month; 13 days
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase