information; news; report; reward; retribution
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
interests of a ministry; departmental interests
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to tower; to rise; to soar
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan; wild boar (meat)
to entertain; to make welcome
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
married woman; another's wife
solitude; loneliness; isolation
acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover
more and more; increasingly; all the more
planning; project; plan; design
old friend; old acquaintance
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
wood chip; splinter; thin shingles
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
autumn of last year; fall of last year
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
one's whole life; one's lifetime
strawberry (esp. the garden strawberry, Fragaria x ananassa)
interview (e.g. for a job)
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon