to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g); monme; Edo period silver coin worth between 1/50th-1/80th of a ryō
one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); rin (monetary unit; 0.001 yen)
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
report; notification; registration
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)
ex-wife; former wife; previous wife
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
Saitama prefecture (Kanto area)
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
section manager; section chief
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
height (of summer, party, etc.); (in) full swing
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
great man; fine figure of a man
social gathering; get-together; (friendly) meeting
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
knitting; hosiery; knitted goods
undershirt (worn under a kimono); singlet
long johns; long underpants; long underwear
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage