advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
superintendence; supervision; administration
sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description
highest rank among priests; mountain ascetic monk; signs that distinguish Buddhist teachings from other faiths; title given to a great physician or painter
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
three and eight; Arisaka Type 38 rifle
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
holding a right (e.g. to vote, copyright); eligibility; having clout; having (political) power
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
the original; original copy; script
postpartum; after childbirth
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
surely (not); certainly (not)
Imperial Family; Imperial Household
predecessor; people of former times
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
written expression; writing
right (to do something); authority; power
assistant vice-minister (ritsuryo system, early Meiji period)
principal (invest.); capital
contrast; antithesis; comparison
a new house; a branch family
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); to spare (time, money, etc.)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)