preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
military affairs; military work
adviser; advisor; consultant
personal history; curriculum vitae; resume
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
editorial; leading article; leader
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
more and more; increasingly; all the more
to reside temporarily; to imply
learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference
carrying out to the end; bringing to completion
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
wife and children; (arch.) wife
railroad; railway; rail transport
second division; secondary division
fortune-telling; divination
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
authoritative instruction; teaching
to rank with; to rank among
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
writing in a European language; European text; Roman letters