publishing house; publishing office
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to call in; to invite; to bring in
editorial office; editorial department; editorial board
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
day or date of an invitation
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to ride up to; to drive up to; to get used to riding; to get used to driving
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
Onogawa Kisaburou, 5th sumo grand champion
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
to change (cars or horses); to transfer; to possess; to inspire
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
newspaper reporter; print journalist
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
two (long cylindrical things)
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)